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Idabelle Firestone Fall Concert Series concerts continue

COLUMBIANA — The free Idabelle Firestone Fall Concert series sponsored by the Firestone Cultural and Custodial Committee continues to entertain the community and surrounding areas with its Sunday afternoon performances, rain or shine. Coming up this Sunday, Sept. 6, is the Tamburitzans, a ...

Columbiana 40&8 names Voyageur of the Year

COLUMBIANA — Voiture 273 has recognized Wade “Buz” Payne as its Voyageur of the Year for 2026. Payne has been a member of the 40&8 for 41 years. He is an Air Force veteran that served in Guam with the B52 Operation Arc Lite during Vietnam with four years on active duty before spending ...

Community Briefs

Good As New Shoppe women’s clothing giveaway The Good As New Shoppe will hold a free giveaway of women’s clothing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The shoppe is located at the Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St. Mile Branch Grange Ham Loaf Dinner Mile Branch Grange, 495 Knox School Road, Alliance, will hold a drive-thru ham loaf dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. or sold out Thursday, Sept. 10. The meal includes ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, green beans, cole slaw and brownie for $12, cash only. No preorders; all meals will be first-come, first-served. 141st Hawkins Reunion The 141st ...

New dates set in involuntary manslaughter case

LISBON — Upcoming court dates were set Friday in the case against Seth T. Hildebrand, who is accused of causing the death of a 2-year-old child in December 2024. Dates were set for an interim status conference hearing at 10 a.m. on Jan. 15, a final status conference hearing at 9 a.m. on March 2, and a jury trial at 9 a.m. on April 6 during a brief pretrial hearing Friday. Hildebrand, 21, Birch Road, East Liverpool, who was in attendance Friday, has been out of jail on a $200,000 cash or surety bond. In July, Hildebrand entered a not guilty plea to charges of first-degree felony ...

City lake to close after Labor Day

SALEM — The parks department will cut the season short at the Salem City Lake this year. During the parks commission’s August meeting, Parks Director Kelli Pastore told the commissioners that the department was once again operating at a loss for the year at the city lake and asked when they wanted to close the lake this year. Pastore said that while the department had expected a bump in activity at the lake this year due to Guilford Lake temporarily closing for dam work during the summer, the department had sold roughly the same number of day and season passes as last season, ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — A Columbiana man was bound over to the grand jury facing potential felony charges for allegedly choking and striking a woman in August. Anthony Lopshansky, 42, Woodland Avenue, Columbiana, was bound over to the grand jury charged with third-degree felony strangulation, and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly placing his hands around the throat of a woman, preventing her from breathing, after an argument in Columbiana on Aug. 24. He then allegedly struck the woman in the face causing her to fall back before grabbing her by the throat a second ...