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Salem Rotary presents Golden Apple to junior high teacher

SALEM — The Salem Rotary Club presented its annual Golden Apple Award to a teacher at the junior high Tuesday. The 2026 Golden Apple Award was presented to seventh- and eighth-grade teacher Todd Stokes in his classroom Tuesday. Stokes is a 1989 Salem High School alum and earned his ...

Leetonia council OKs construction contract for civic center

LEETONIA — Village council approved a construction management at risk (CMR) agreement with DeSalvo Construction for phase four of the village’s civic center project. Council voted unanimously to authorize a contract with DeSalvo Construction for pre-construction CMR services for a fee of ...

Beaver Local BOE learns about Bycroft costs

LISBON — A change in service agreements with the Robert ByCroft School has made the Beaver Local School District responsible for half of the cost of their students placed with the specialty school. District Superintendent Eric Lowe said the district was only recently notified of the shift in ...

Wellsville school board tables non-renewal of contract for teacher

WELLSVILLE – The Wellsville school board Monday night held an extended executive session before tabling action on the non-renewal of a teaching contract. The board tabled the issue regarding the contract of Mitchell McDowell, a Daw Elementary fourth-grade teacher, following four hours ...

Woman dies after Monday morning crash in Perry Township

PERRY TOWNSHIP (WKBN) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Monday morning crash involving a semi-truck that resulted in a woman’s death. Yolanda Medina Matos, 58, of Campbell, died at the hospital Monday as a result of injuries from a crash around 10 a.m. Monday. The ...

Beaver Local teacher suffers injuries in dog attack

LISBON — One of two dogs that attacked a woman out for a walk Friday at Lake Tomahawk was scheduled to be euthanized today, with the other one in quarantine in Mahoning County, according to Columbiana County Dog Warden Heidi Wallace. Wallace said Monday the owner of the one dog volunteered ...

EP woman pleads not guilty in animal cruelty case

LISBON — An East Palestine woman pleaded not guilty during arraignment Monday on four counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals related to 21 animals seized from her home due to alleged unsanitary conditions. Jennifer Albert, 38, West Main Street, was ordered to have no companion ...

On the calendar

TUE/5-19 Canfield That Quilt Group I Belong To (TQGIBT), 7 p.m., The Rotary Building at Fair Park on Oak Street; program will be a grand exposition of quilts, their stories and the memories that they hold for TQ quilters. Members are also reminded to bring their heirloom blocks Number 1 for ...