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East Palestine Garden Club September Yard of the Month

The East Palestine Town & Country Garden Club has selected the home of Charlie and Valerie Ewing, 398 W. Martin St., as its September Yard of the Month. The Ewing yard is filled with dahlias, zinnias and marigolds, creating a colorful display for the neighborhood to enjoy. Charlie shared that ...

Preliminary hearing set for several cases involving man who allegedly fled Salem traffic stop

LISBON — A new date of Oct. 28 was set Monday for preliminary and pretrial hearings in multiple cases against a Salineville man with a history of charges for fleeing from police attempting to stop him, including for a recent attempted traffic stop in Salem. Nathaniel L. Ford, 24, West Main Street, remains jailed under a $150,000 cash or surety bond, but also must serve some jail time after entering pleas in a case from 2023 and one from 2024. Ford was fined $750 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for 16 days served, leaving 14 days still to serve for two separate cases ...

SHSAA invites community to view new murals

SALEM — The Salem High School Alumni Association is inviting the community to view a new mural commemorating the history of the Salem City School District during its upcoming open house Oct. 3 The mural, titled “History of Salem Schools,” was painted on the back wall of the alumni ...

On the calendar

TUE/9-29 Canton Multi-County Juvenile Attention System Board of Trustees, 11 a.m., MCJAS board room; Joint Board of County Commissioners, 12:45 p.m. or immediately following the trustees meeting, board room; Personnel Committee, 9:30 a.m., board room; Executive Committee, 10:30 a.m., board room East Liverpool Needles and Hooks (crochet and knitting group), noon-2 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room Finance Committee, 6 p.m., city hall; followed by city council, 7 p.m. East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. EPCIC, 10 a.m., 85 N. Market ...

Columbiana County Retired Teachers’ Association September meeting

The Columbiana County Retired Teachers’ Association held its September meeting at the Lisbon First United Methodist Church. Nancy Dicken conducted the roll call, led the pledge and offered the invocation. Six new members were welcomed: Cindy Earich, Kellie Seidner, Wendy Sternagle, Christa ...

Former Columbiana man convicted of attempted murder earns additional time for menacing, intimidation

LISBON — A former Columbiana man already sentenced to at least 39 years in prison for trying to kill a woman last year earned an additional year for menacing and attempted intimidation of the same woman via letters sent from jail. Frederick L. Harroff, 67, appeared via video from the Lake Erie Correctional Center for a plea and sentencing hearing Monday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. Harroff had nothing to say when given the opportunity to speak. He entered a guilty plea to menacing by stalking and attempted intimidation of an attorney, ...