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Friends of the Carnegie Public Library in East Liverpool restarts

EAST LIVERPOOL – The Friends of the Carnegie Public Library, East Liverpool, a recently founded non-profit board created to support the library, is currently seeking additional members while working on multiple fundraising projects and community engagement events. The current friends board ...

On the calendar

MON/4-20 Beloit West Branch school board, 6 p.m., high school media room Fire Administration meeting, 6 p.m., council chambers Boardman DARE Singles Group, Meet at DQ on Market Street for dessert, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Historical Society of Columbiana and ...

Remembering the final signer of the Declaration of Independence

NASHUA, N.H. — John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, but Dr. Matthew Thornton of Londonderry, N.H., has the distinction of being the last delegate to leave his mark on one of America’s greatest documents. Born in Northern ...

Volunteers sought for hillside cleanup Sunday

LISBON — Lisbon resident Stevie Halverstadt is looking for volunteers to help her clean up the hillside along Little Beaver Creek in the village starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, with everybody asked to meet behind Ketchum’s Kreations flower shop on East Washington Street. “We’ll have trash ...

Rulli leads in funding for 6th District Congress race

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, the Republican who represents the area, has a significant financial advantage over every challenger, raising six figures in the year’s first quarter, with no one else coming close. Most of the money raised came from political action committees. Many of ...

Salem couple accused of raping children makes court appearance

LISBON — A man and a woman from the same North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem address charged with rape and multiple other sex-related acts against two children over multiple years appeared in court Friday, with a jury trial date set for the man and a psychiatric evaluation set for the woman. Mark ...

O’Brien introduces bill to require JobsOhio to be transparent

State Sen. Sandra O’Brien, a Republican whose district includes all of Trumbull County, introduced legislation requiring JobsOhio to comply with open records and meetings laws. O’Brien, R-Lenox, said, “JobsOhio was created by the government and is funded with public dollars. If we’re ...

COUNTY BRIEFING

Road closure A portion of South Darner Road in Elkrun Township will be closed Monday for a collapsed culvert replacement. Daylight traffic control Calcutta Smith Ferry Road between Vernon Dell Tractor and Bell School roads in Calcutta will be under traffic control during daylight hours ...