WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville school board Monday hired a new superintendent and treasurer. Board members unanimously approved Kyle Exline as superintendent and Sarah Palm as treasurer. In a corresponding move, the board accepted Exline’s resignation as assistant jr./sr. high school ...
EAST PALESTINE (WKBN) — For those impacted by the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, settlement checks for property claims are supposed to be in the mail. This is part of the $600 million settlement agreement by the railroad to resolve class action lawsuits. Anyone living or owning property within 20 miles of the derailment site was eligible to file a claim. Epiq is handling the payments. WKBN 27 First News made a call Wednesday to the administrator’s hotline and was told only that payments were to go out by the end of June 2026. “Epiq anticipates valid ...
YOUNGSTOWN (WKBN) – Two civil lawsuits have been filed in connection with a crash that killed a local trooper on State Route 11 in Mahoning County. Trooper Nicholas Cayton was killed in October 2025 when his cruiser was rear-ended by a Mack truck driven by a Canfield man. Cayton had stopped to assist a disabled tractor-trailer along Route 11, just south of Route 224, when the crash happened. Cayton’s estate filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court against the driver of the Mack truck and his employer, Leetonia-based Quaker City Concrete Products, their ...
COLUMBIANA — The city has received enough funds to have Phase 1 of the Garden of Eatin’ project completed just in time for the America 250 Celebration this weekend. The project was initiated by the Columbiana High School entrepreneurship class and has been ongoing the last few years as ...
SALEM — Salem will be celebrating the nation’s semiquincenntennial Friday with a full slate of patriotic programming. The celebrations kick off at 10 a.m. with a dedication ceremony for the city’s new 50-year time capsule at the Liberty Center, located at the corner of North Ellsworth Avenue and East State Street. Salem City Councilwoman and Salem U.S. 250 Liaison Sara Baer said that event would feature a ribbon cutting, live music, speeches and more. The ceremony will be followed by the Grand Independence Day Parade. Lineup for the parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Second ...
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. announced Wednesday the $1.65 billion acquisition of Giant Eagle stores and its private label ventures. An unknown number of Giant Eagle stores will be dropped from its current roster of 197 to obtain federal regulatory approval, Kroger said in a joint news release. Giant Eagle operates 11 stores in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and 87 in Ohio, according to real-time inventory tracker storelocators.com. Previously, Kroger sought to acquire national grocer Albersons in a $25 billion merger. The effort failed in late 2024 as it faced Federal ...
