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Wheels in Wellsville

The 2025 Wheels in Wellsville car show held on Labor Day attracted 160 registered vehicles and over 1,000 spectators, some coming from five to six hours away. The show benefited the Columbiana County dog pound and adoption center. There was a 50/50 drawing. Nick’s Pizza and Chuck’s Gyros ...

Milliken: Recent financial audit was excellent

LISBON — Columbiana County Auditor Nancy Gause Milliken said the county’s most recent financial audit was excellent, with no findings for recovery and only one notation related to how some federal award numbers were reported. “I think it was a minor infraction,” she said ...

Liverpool Twp. trustees ask for charges against fire chief

LACROFT — After a 45-minute executive session with legal counsel to discuss personnel, Liverpool Township trustees returned to ask for charges to be drawn up against the township’s embattled fire chief. Trustees Mike Bahen and Dennis Giambroni voted after the closed door meeting with a ...

We Will Never Forget

A small group gathered Thursday morning in Wellsville to reflect on the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and remember the only life from Columbiana County lost in the attacks. Wellsville graduate Cathy Salter, a vice president at Aon Risk Services, was in her office on the 102 floor in the ...

Dredge boat overturns on Ohio River

NEWELL — Investigators from the U.S. Coast Guard and West Virginia Department of Environment Protection responded Thursday morning to the scene of an overnight fuel spill on the Ohio River just north of the Newell Bridge. A Tri-State River Products’ dredge boat, which had been working in ...

Perry trustees hear CEDA concerns

PERRY TOWNSHIP — Perry Township trustees did their best to address concerns of residents who remained wary of the proposed cooperative economic development agreement (CEDA) between the township and the City of Salem regarding the annexation of properties during Monday’s trustees meeting. ...

Three look to retire/rehire at Columbiana schools

COLUMBIANA — Three of the district’s top administrators are looking to retire in 2026 and be rehired, so the district approved a resolution to initiate procedures in anticipating of that happening. District superintendent Don Mook and treasurer Kathy Davies submitted notice of their ...

Columbiana County upgraded to severe drought conditions

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – As of Sept. 11, much of Columbiana County has been upgraded to a severe drought, according to the latest update with the U.S. Drought Monitor. This comes after the region has seen very little rainfall over the past 30 days. Columbiana County has been experiencing ...

Community Calendar

FRI/9-12 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main Street. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. New Fall Items East Palestine The Way Station, Presbyterian Church, 109 W. Rebecca St., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. East Palestine Moose Fish Fry, 4 to 7 p.m., carry out only, 330-426-3510 Eagles, kitchen ...