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Choose To Lose Group Choose To Lose Group met at Boyce Church on September 2 with leader Penny Perorazio presiding. The meeting opened up with the pledge of allegiance followed by the CTLG roll call. Pam Fouse gave the secretary report and Cassie Stephens gave the treasure report. Both ...

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FRI/9-5 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Card Night at Perkins in Boardman, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Street Fair Chicken BBQ, 4 p.m. until sold out, Grace Church, 140 S. Main St.; $14 adults, $9 children Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main Street. Closed ...

Stark County man facing more charges

NEW CUMBERLAND — A Stark County man, who was arrested over the weekend after a police pursuit across state lines, has a court date on his initial West Virginia charges. However, Chester police chief Chuck Stanley said that he is looking at more since being incarcerated. Van Keith Jones, ...

Salem council approves updates to regulations for mobile food vendors, fences

SALEM—City council approved updates to the city’s regulations regarding mobile food vendors and fences during its meeting Tuesday. Council voted unanimously to approve two ordinances updating the regulations for fences on a shared property line; mandating that property owners who want to ...

National Blood Donation Day

Today is National Blood Donation Day, a day dedicated to encouraging people to donate blood and to thank existing donors. The day is part of National Blood Donation Week, which was established in 2016 during the first week of September, and serves to address the critical need for blood ...

Gary L. Claypool

Gary L. Claypool 1964-2025 LISBON — Gary L. Claypool, 61, of Lisbon, died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, at home. He was born on Aug. 23, 1964, in Salem, son of Keith and Helen Huston Claypool. Gary worked as a saw operator for Matalco USA and Youngstown Pipe and Supply. He enjoyed spending ...

Contractor chosen to rehabilitate historic fairground bridge

LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners selected The Ohio Bridge Corporation, doing business as U.S. Bridge, to rehabilitate the historic bowstring arch bridge located at the county fairgrounds off of Saltwell Road. The Cambridge firm submitted the low bid of $389,991 for the rehab ...

Liverpool Twp. fire chief back on the payroll, but not duty

LACROFT — Liverpool Township’s fire chief is back on the payroll thanks to legal counsel, but he still is not on duty. During a Wednesday special meeting, Liverpool Township trustees reversed course a tad when they reinstated Dave Ward as township fire chief only to place him on paid ...

Four candidates will rely on voters writing in their name in Nov. 4 election

LISBON — Former longtime Leetonia village administrator Gary Phillips, who previously served as a councilman and as village police chief, filed recently to run as a write-in candidate for a seat on Leetonia village council. Phillips is one of four write-in candidates for the Nov. 4 general ...

West Branch school board race changes again

YOUNGSTOWN — The West Branch school board race has changed again after the Mahoning County Board of Elections held reconsideration hearings Tuesday. The board agreed to put Tonya Dean on the ballot for a West Branch school board seat. Dean filed with 28 signatures. She needed 25 to qualify ...