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September and October events at Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center

Local News August 18, 2026

EAST LIVERPOOL – The Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center has announced the following activities for September and October: Saturday, Sept. 5 from 1 to 2 p.m. – Ohio School of Falconry. The Ohio School of Falconry will be set up in front yard of the Wildlife Education Center. Joe Dorian will demonstrate how the birds fly and capture their food and talk about each bird. Guests will be able to take pictures of the birds. At the end of the program, 10 names will be drawn from those attending the program (must be at least 9 years old to do this). Those people will be able to have one ...

County engineer's office still look for salt solution for the winter

Local News August 18, 2026

LISBON — Columbiana County Engineer Bert Dawson said his department is still working on a salt issue after receiving no bids for sodium chloride rock salt for the upcoming winter. The bid opening was set for Aug. 5, but instead of bids, the department received three letters from companies who had been invited to bid, all saying they were unable to submit bids, including Morton Salt, Cargill and Compass Minerals. The county had been trying to secure its own salt contract rather than going through the Ohio Department of Transportation contract which had more than tripled in cost from ...

Lisbon Schools partner with community groups for Meet the Team event

Local News August 18, 2026

LISBON — Lisbon Exempted Village Schools celebrated a new tradition on Saturday. The district partnered with several community groups for the inaugural “Meet the Team Community Night.” The evening celebrated the official kick-off to Lisbon’s fall sports season with a parade of ...

Community Briefs

Local News August 18, 2026

Section of Stookesberry Road closed for flooding LISBON — A section of Stookesberry Road is closed for now where there’s a dip and the road is flooded over off of state Route 45 outside Lisbon. Columbiana County Engineer Bert Dawson announced the closure, which happened Sunday after heavy rains, saying the creek coming down near a culvert has flooded over the road, adding “there’s nothing we can do. It’s all backing up from downstream. Dawson said motorists can go on state Route 45 and backtrack at the other end of Stookesberry to gain access. He also said the Ohio ...

THE COURTS

Court News August 18, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES Rachel Lynn Croft, state Route 170, Negley, and Jonathan R. Croft, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon; dissolution sought. Credit Acceptance Corporation, Southfield, Mich., vs. Christopher Wilson, Daisy Aly, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $12,741 debt. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Orange, Calif., vs. Megan Kline, state Route 46, New Waterford, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for state Route 46, New Waterford property. DOCKET ENTRIES Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. David M. Clarke Jr., et al.; foreclosure case dismissed. Clearview Federal ...

Cunningham gets 25 to life for murder of Smith Township

Local News August 18, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Beloit woman in 2023 will spend at least 25 years in prison. After numerous delays and all manner of legal drama, the family of Gena Wade finally has some degree of closure, after Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio ...