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25-year-old Indian man pleads guilty in $5 million scam

Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, of Gandhinagar, India, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to one count of money laundering conspiracy for a financial scam involving older adults across the United States, including a 77-year-old Salem man. Chaudhary is one of three ...

Community Briefs

Placing flags at Columbiana Cemetery American Legion Post 290 will be placing almost 1,300 American Flags on veteran’s graves in Columbiana Cemetery for Memorial Day at 5 p.m. Thursday. Museum of Ceramics Summer Youth Art Academy The Summer Youth Art Academy kicks off in June at the ...

On the Calendar the Week

TUE/5-12 Beloit United Quilt Guild Sew and Social, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., West Branch Booster Hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62; bring sewing machine and snacks, all fabric and patterns provided Calcutta Calcutta Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Peter Metrovich Community Center Beaver Local school board, 7 ...

East Liverpool Schools annual spring choir concert

The East Liverpool Jr/Sr High School Vocal Music Department will hold its annual spring choir concert on Friday at 7 p.m. The concert will feature festival music, world music, movie songs, pop, and sacred selections. The concert will close with the traditional alumni choir selection. Featured ...

DORA at Super Cruise raises concerns

SALEM — The city council heard concerns from multiple people about the possibility of the city’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) being permitted to be in effect during the annual Salem Super Cruise at its meeting Thursday.  Two ordinances concerning the DORA were on the agenda ...

40&8 veterans group restarting community awards

COLUMBIANA — A local veterans organization is seeking candidates to receive special community awards. The Forty and Eight Society (40&8) is bringing back the Special Community Awards Program following a hiatus, Club Secretary Crystal Siembida-Boggs said. “The 40&8 really wants ...

California congressman’s tour makes stop at Ultium Cells

WARREN —  U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, during a visit to Ultium Cells on Friday morning, called for renewing electric vehicle tax credits and blocking Chinese battery companies from U.S. incentives as he stated federal support is “critical” to reviving manufacturing jobs locally. The ...

Columbiana County’s tie to John Brown, abolition movement

A double whammy hit young Edwin Coppoc of Winona in early 1842. His father died and because his mother was unable to care for all her six children, 6-year-old Edwin was sent to live with John Butler near Salem. Butler, a Quaker, was a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. He reportedly ...

Man appeals sentence for baseball bat attack

LISBON — A former Columbiana man sentenced to at least 39 years in prison for attempting to kill a woman with a baseball bat and then setting her home on fire filed an appeal Friday. The appeal was filed with the Seventh District Court of Appeals for Frederick L. Harroff, 66, last known ...