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West Branch Area Ladies Ruritan Club seeks volunteers

Local News November 4, 2026

NORTH GEORGETOWN – The West Branch Area Ladies Ruritan Club needs volunteers to join the club as membership is decreasing in numbers. Chartered in 1993 the club is a service organization that serves the community with fellowship, goodwill and service. The club hosts bake sales to raise money so they can donate to local organizations, and currently supports Sophia Women’s Center, Clothed in Righteousness, Alliance Pregnancy Center, Habitat for Humanity, Alliance Area Domestic Violence Shelter, Alliance for Children & Families, Ronald McDonald House, North Georgetown Church of the ...

SCPD to hold Fill-A-Cruiser event for food donations

Local News November 3, 2026

ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP - The St. Clair Township Police Department is asking residents to help them fill a cruiser with non-perishable food items at Giant Eagle on Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a food drive event done annually by the police department to collect food items for F.I.S.H with help from the East Liverpool Safety Services. Monetary donations will also be accepted and turned into Second Harvest, which Police Chief Brian McKenzie said during Monday's Board of Trustees meeting can turn $1 into $3 worth of food. Volunteers with F.I.S.H will be on hand helping the ...

Election officials urge absentee voters to return ballots by end of day

Local News November 3, 2026

LISBON — Columbiana County election officials are urging voters who still have absentee ballots to drop them off in person today at the board office, 7989 Dickey Drive, Lisbon, no later than 7:30 p.m. if they want them to count. Any absentee ballots arriving after the deadline tonight, ...

Salem school board discusses legality of voucher program

Local News November 3, 2026

SALEM — The board of education discussed the status of ongoing legal challenges surrounding the state’s tuition voucher program. During the board’s October meeting, Treasurer Mike Douglas told the board that the state of Ohio’s Ed-Choice Scholarship Program had been ruled unconstitutional by the state’s Tenth District Court of Appeals. The program provides scholarship funding for eligible students to attend participating private and parochial schools and has faced criticism for diverting funding from public schools and using taxpayer dollars to fund schools which do not ...

Community Briefs

Local News November 3, 2026

Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP) Training Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP) training will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Columbiana County Extension Office, 7989 Dickey Drive, Lisbon (group will travel to farm for hands-on portions of training). To register call 330-967-7249 or email shoemaker.306@osu.edu. The demonstration portion of this training will involve interacting outdoors with beef cattle – closed-toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing recommended. The Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP) and teaching curriculum were developed to offer a ...

Man accused of stabbing juvenile at football game waives hearing

Local News November 3, 2026

LISBON — The man accused of allegedly stabbing a 16-year-old juvenile in the restroom at a football game Oct. 23 at Patterson Field in East Liverpool will now have his case considered by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. Romelo Ka’Ron Harrison, 19, McCoy Avenue, East Liverpool, waived ...