LISBON — Senior students in the Welding and Fabrication class at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center (CCCTC) recently put their technical skills to work for the community. Under the guidance of instructor Michael Boyle, the class partnered with the Columbiana County Emergency ...
LISBON — Several emergency response groups in Columbiana County recently completed a successful multi-agency training exercise designed to sharpen local disaster response capabilities. Agencies taking part included the Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency (CCEMA), Columbiana ...
AUSTINTOWN — Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel touted WorkOhio, an initiative to connect Ohioans with in-demand jobs, during a visit Monday to an Austintown manufacturing business. “WorkOhio is just one more way to see if we can raise awareness of the opportunities that are out there in the state of ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified the official results of the May 5 primary Tuesday, noting the trend of people voting in office rather than mailing in absentee ballots is continuing. While the overwhelming majority of voters continues coming out on Election Day, in this case 10,963 voters, there were only 661 absentee ballots mailed in that counted while there were 1,405 ballots cast in the board office for early voting. “More and more voters are going away from the postal service,” Board of Elections Director Kim Fusco said. For this election, ...
SALEM — Treasurer Mike Douglas Monday night provided the school board with an update on upcoming public funding cuts. Douglas told the board school districts were still waiting on the Ohio Department of Taxation to finalize its calculations for the value of temporary tax credit provisions implemented in House Bill 186 to get a clearer picture of exactly how much their property tax revenue will be reduced going forward. House Bill 186 set new caps for how much property tax increases after property value re-appraisals based on the Gross Domestic Product Deflation Factor. Douglas ...
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 behind closed doors. At the meeting, board members unanimously agreed to discuss at a later date the matter of the contract non-renewal at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. A day later, the board issued a special meeting notice to continue the discussion at 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Day, in the jr. ...
