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Gun used in EL shooting Thursday night recovered

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool police have recovered the gun used to kill James Powell last Thursday. According to Police Chief John Lane, who has been worried about children possibly finding the missing firearm, police officers had been out combing the area daily, searching for where ...

Sheriff’s investigates armed robbery of FedEx driver

LISBON — The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the armed robbery of a FedEx driver around noon Tuesday near Township Line Road and state Route 45 which resulted in injury to the driver. Sheriff Brian McLaughlin announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon that the ...

Elections board OKs 19 eligible provisional ballots

LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections on Tuesday approved 19 eligible provisional ballots to be counted when election personnel conduct the official canvass of ballots Thursday for the May 6 election. Once the results are certified by the board, which is set to meet at 4 p.m. ...

Wellsville school board approves new board member

WELLSVILLE —Wellsville Board of Education with an all-in-favor vote during Monday’s board meeting approved Shauna Scott as the board member to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jarrod Grimm. Prior to Scott’s approval, the board approved Grimm’s resignation effective ...

Utilities commission discusses water plant project

SALEM — The utilities commission discussed snags in the improvements to the water plant in its meeting Thursday. Project Engineer Drew Paul said issues had been found with Project Contractor A.P. Ohoro’s proposed schedule, which was sent back for revisions, and the revised version had ...

Community Calendar

WED/5-21 Beloit West Branch school board, 5 p.m., high school media room Canfield South Range school board, 6 p.m., K-12 building County Columbiana County Board of Commissioners meeting, 9 a.m., downtown courthouse, Lisbon. Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities, 4 ...

Sebring man sent to prison for child pornography, weapon offense

YOUNGSTOWN — Douglas W. Brock of Sebring was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty in March to three counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge ...

Prep work

Southern Local High School FFA members complete some prep work to spruce up the campus just in time for graduation. Commencement exercises are set for May 25 at 2 p.m. in the school gym. Pictured are, at left, junior Zacary Mayfield and sophomore Brayden Gotschall adding mulch and plants ...

MOAA holds May meeting

CANFIELD — Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter met Thursday, May 15 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield for dinner and a presentation on Air Force Reserve Medical Readiness from Col. Giuseppe (“Joey”) DeAbate, USAFR. DeAbate is the ...