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Heavy rains flood local communities, closes roads

LISBON — The rains came down heavy Tuesday morning, leaving scattered power outages, lots of flood waters in hard-hit Hanoverton and other flood-prone spots and some road closures, too. “Hanoverton got hammered,” Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency Director Peggy Clark ...

New playground among summer projects for Southern Local

SALINEVILLE – When pupils return to Southern Local Elementary School in a few weeks, they will find many things to do on its new playground, one of several improvements to the Southern Local campus this summer. Produced by Wisconsin-based BCI Burke and sold and installed by Snider ...

On the calendar

WED/8-12 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 County Columbiana County Board of Elections, 1:30 p.m., board office Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission, 2 p.m., CCVSC office East Palestine Drop-In Book Club, 6:30 p.m., East Palestine Library Hanoverton United Local school board, 5:30 p.m., media center Lisbon Free Family Search Center, 6-8 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon Road; information at 330-271-1661. Minerva Minerva Chamber free stargazing night, 9 p.m., Great Trail Golf ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Rebecca L. Warner, Pittsburgh, Pa., and William G. Warner, Allen Drive, Lisbon; dissolution sought. Amanda Dotson, Rea Drive, Salem, vs. Randolph Dotson Jr., Lake St. Louis, Mo.; divorce sought. Westlake Services, LLC, doing business as Westlake Financial Services, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Matthew J. Huseman, North Market Street, East Palestine; collection sought of alleged $15,513 debt. Mark Seaman, Prospect Street, Salem, vs. Ann Fought, Rootstown, et al.; damages sought for personal injury/insurance claim from 2025 traffic crash. DOCKET ENTRIES Lesa Anne ...

St. Clair Twp. trustees conduct bid opening for police car

CALCUTTA – St. Clair Township trustees Monday opened the four sealed bids received for the police car being sold by the police department. Bids were received in the amounts of $3,101, $3,600, $2,777 and $2,578.18. The highest bidder at $6.600 was Dallas Cole. Chief Brian McKenzie told the trustees in his report that there had been a tragic accident on state Route 11 and he wanted to recognize East Liverpool Fire Chief Antony Cumo and the East Liverpool Fire Department EMS members that were on the scene. He said Assistant Chief Lance Smith and his crew did an amazing job for as bad ...