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County students get “the Talk” about money

SALEM — Students from five Columbiana County school districts attended a special presentation on financial literacy Tuesday. Students from the Salem, Crestview, Columbiana, Lisbon, and Wellsville school districts attended a special presentation by attended a special financial literacy ...

On the calendar

WED/10-28 Columbiana Mahoning County Model Club, 6 p.m., Shaker Woods Field, 217 state Route 7; social hour at 4 p.m.; information at RC.Chris.Shoemaker@gmail.com. East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. Preschool Storytime, 11 a.m., East Palestine Library Lisbon Community Bible Study and Campfire Service at dusk, 6 p.m.,; free outdoor movie “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” Free Family Search Center, 6-8 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7250 Lisbon Road; information at 330-271-1661. Salem Salem Community Prayer Meeting, 4 p.m., ...

Salem council approves CRA expansion

SALEM — Salem has expanded the borders of its community reinvestment area (CRA). Following an approximately 20-minute executive session for the discussion of pending legal matters, council voted unanimously in its recent meeting to approve an ordinance expanding the borders of the city’s post 1994 CRA with the emergency clause, meaning it will take effect immediately. The expansion will include several properties on the northeast and southwest portions of the city that had not been annexed into the city when the post 1994 CRA was formed in February of 2022. The CRA allows the ...

Lisbon man found guilty for having drugs while being booked at jail

LISBON — Jurors issued a guilty verdict Tuesday morning against a Lisbon man accused of possessing a bag of drugs when he was booked into the Columbiana County jail on an arrest warrant last December. Bryan Dilling, 54, Rose Drive, Lisbon, will face sentencing at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 20 before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam, who presided over the jury trial which started Monday morning and ended Tuesday with the verdict. The charges included a second-degree felony of aggravated possession of drugs and fifth-degree felonies of possession of heroin and possession ...