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FRI/1-9 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Card Night at Perkins in Boardman, 5 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 30 percent off jeans, slacks, skirts. East Liverpool VFW Post 66 Bingo, 6:30 p.m.; 25 cents ...

CC Microfilm Board

LISBON — A reorganizational meeting of the Columbiana County Microfilm Board will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in the auditor’s conference room on the main floor of the downtown courthouse in Lisbon. Columbiana County Recorder James Armeni, acting in his capacity as secretary of ...

Inmate back in custody after ditching ankle monitor while in hospital

LISBON — An inmate facing numerous counts, including possession of a deadly weapon, vandalism and criminal damaging for incidents at the Columbiana County jail last year is back in custody after ditching his ankle monitor at East Liverpool City Hospital early Thursday and leaving. Bradley ...

Leetonia gas leak cleared

LEETONIA — Village mayor Kevin Siembida was breathing a sigh of relief Thursday afternoon, 24 hours after a work crew caused a major gas leak. As of around 4:30 p.m., he had been notified that all but 70 customers, mostly in neighboring Washingtonville, had their Columbia Gas service ...

BLHS Winter Homecoming Court

The Beaver Local Winter Homecoming Court for 2026, from left, freshman attendant Georgianna Long; senior attendants Ashley Cooper, Jiaqi Lin, Alaini Bock, Isabella McLevey, Brenna Cunningham; sophomore attendant Mya Anderson; and junior attendant Lily Schrieber. The crowning of this year’s ...

Property owners may see higher taxes

LISBON — When Columbiana County property owners see their tax bills later this month, many will see higher taxes due to a state-mandated increase in property values based on sales, known as the triennial update. “We all own property in Columbiana County. We feel very bad about this,” ...

Lisbon PD chief issues release on suspension

LISBON — A suspended Lisbon police officer was reportedly having conversations with a juvenile female he contacted through social media according to a news release that described those conversations allegedly as “sexual in nature.” Lisbon Police Chief Mike Abraham gave more detail ...

Gas leak leads to evacuation in Leetonia

LEETONIA — More than 250 customers were still without natural gas in Leetonia and Washingtonville as of 6:15 p.m. Wednesday due to a major gas leak. According to Leetonia Mayor Kevin Siembida, a gas transmission line was struck on Lisbon Street in the area of Somer Street, leading to an ...

Ramaswamy, Acton name running mates

The presumptive Republican and Democratic gubernatorial nominees selected their lieutenant governor running mates. Republican Vivek Ramaswamy chose Senate President Rob McColley, while Democrat Amy Acton picked David Pepper, a former Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Besides a short-lived ...

Upcoming shows at Roxy Theatre

MINERVA – The Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce’s Roxy Theatre has a comedy show and an ELO Tribute scheduled in upcoming weeks. Krackpots Comedy Club will present the comedy of hypnotist Flip Orley at the Roxy on Saturday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. Flip Orley has reinvented comedy hypnosis, ...