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Planning, property taxes headline Mahoning County commissioner race

Local News October 19, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN -- Property taxes continue to dominate the county’s political discourse, but the candidates for Mahoning County commissioner have their eyes on other problems too. By and large, they both want to improve economic development, address rising property taxes and make better use of county resources, but they have different views about how county government should operate to get the job done. Commissioner Carol Rimedio-Righetti is retiring at the end of the year, and wants fellow Democrat Lauren McNally to take her place. Republican Christine Oliver hopes to play spoiler on ...

Liverpool Township seeks voter approval of fire levy

Local News October 19, 2026

LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP - Liverpool Township Volunteer Fire Department is asking voters to approve an additional fire levy when they go to the polls Nov. 3. If approved, the 1.45-mill continuous levy is estimated to generate $127,425 annually. It will cost the owner of a $100,000 home $51 a year. Trustee Mike Bahen said the department supports two stations. Last year it received $119,000. Of that funding, the department made two truck payments totaling $58,000 leaving $61,000 for the year to pay all utilities and insurance for two stations, insurance on eight trucks and Workers ...

Proposed fire cost recovery ordinance held for further review

Local News October 17, 2026

SALEM — City council Tuesday tabled a new ordinance concerning cost recovery for the fire department for future discussion. Councilman Jeff Stockman tabled a proposed ordinance creating and adopting section 151.07 Chapter 151 of title five of the codified ordinances of the city of Salem regarding fire department cost recovery for further discussion in a meeting of the rules and ordinances committee. Stockman also tabled two other proposed ordinances which would make updates to existing city regulations. If approved, one of the ordinances would modify and amend Chapter 1335 of part ...

Taking Back the Night

Local News October 17, 2026

LISBON — Helping victims become survivors, connecting them with necessary resources and holding abusers accountable — that’s the work done by local advocates against domestic violence. “I applaud all of you,” Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Tammie Riley Jones said ...

THE COURTS

Court News October 17, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Sharon S. Imler, Virginia Avenue, Minerva; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Virginia Avenue, Minerva property. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., vs. Brandon J. Hurst, West Washington Street, Lisbon, et al.; collection sought of alleged $6,701 debt. Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Ronald Duncan, Hawkins Lane, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $41,187 debt. DOCKET ENTRIES Cristina Manos vs. Clewell’s Landing Camp LLC, et al.; case dismissed. Walter L. Smith Jr. vs. Ohio Valley ...

Salineville man with history of fleeing from police facing multiple charges

Local News October 17, 2026

LISBON — A Salineville man with an alleged history of fleeing from police was served Thursday with a secret indictment for multiple charges from incidents in 2024, 2025 and 2026, including one last month in Salem. Nathaniel L. Ford, 24, West Main Street, had been awaiting preliminary/pretrial hearings on Oct. 28 in Columbiana County Municipal Court for the incidents, but the cases were apparently presented to the recent county grand jury, resulting in the indictment. Charges in the indictment include four counts of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a ...