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Former local food service inspector accused of tampering with records

LISBON —A former food service inspector for the East Liverpool City Health District is facing 23 counts of tampering with records for allegedly falsifying food inspection reports over a nearly one-year period. Alan Masters, 64, West Eighth Street, Salem, was served Monday with a secret ...

Charges to be handed down in animal cruelty case

EAST PALESTINE — Charges are forthcoming in the case of an East Palestine resident who had 21 animals seized by the Columbiana County Humane Society. Columbiana County Humane Agent Fabian Pike said that charges for cruelty to companion animals and unsanitary and unhealthful conditions are ...

Cottage food laws program offered in Lisbon ahead of farmers market

LISBON — Lisbon Farmers Market participants and interested residents can learn about cottage food laws related to food produced out of a home during a meeting at 6 p.m. today at Lisbon Village Hall. Columbiana County Health District Public Information Officer and Director of Environmental ...

Residents are welcome to participate in Salem Creative Arts Expo

SALEM — The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Gallery of Art is inviting the community to participate in the annual Creative Arts Expo. According to a press release, this year’s Creative Arts Expo will be held May 2 from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. and promises “a community wide celebration of ...

84-year-old woman missing in Columbiana

COLUMBIANA (WKBN) — The Columbiana Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 84-year-old woman. Shirley Johns drove away from her Columbiana residence at noon Tuesday and hasn’t returned. She is white, 5 feet and 5 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds and has blonde hair and green ...

On the calendar

WED/4-15 Canfield South Range school board, 6 p.m., K-12 Building County Columbiana County commissioners, meeting, 9 a.m., downtown courthouse, Lisbon. Columbiana County Park Records Commission, 10 a.m., auditor’s conference room Columbiana County Parks Commission, meeting, 11:30 ...

Timothy Seaman at the Dale Shaffer Research Library

SALEM — Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians will host acoustic soloist Timothy Seaman at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Meeting Room of the Dale Shaffer Research Library of the Salem Historical Society, 239 S. Lundy Ave. Parking is available in the municipal lot across Lundy. The building ...

Penn View Choir & Symphonic Ensemble

Salem Bible Methodist Church, 1647 N. Ellsworth Ave., will host the Penn View Choir & Symphonic Ensemble at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. For information call Rev. David Crosley at 812-675-1549. (Submitted photo)

2026 Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship contest winners

YOUNGSTOWN — The WKBN 27 Caring for Our Community campaign has named the winners of the  2026 Tom Holden Memorial Scholarship contest. A total of 230 students from Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana, and Mercer counties wrote commercials for local nonprofit organizations. The winning script ...