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Police News August 17, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A man on Miller Road, Elkrun Township reported a case of trespassing at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday, saying that his daughter was using a vehicle belonging to a Lisbon man that was parked in the driveway and the owner came to the residence and got it. — A man on state Route 172, West Township reported at 3:40 p..m. Wednesday that his son sent him multiple text messages that he will call the sheriff and make false accusations if he does not buy him a vehicle. He also called his place of employment and made the same statements to staff. The man said he just got off ...

Local News August 17, 2026

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...

FPCCC to host fourth season of free fall concerts

Local News August 15, 2026

COLUMBIANA — The Firestone Park Cultural and Custodial Committee (FPCCC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, will be hosting its fourth season of free fall concerts at the Idabelle Firestone Gathering Place and Garden at the Harvey S. Firestone Park in Columbiana, beginning on Sunday, Aug. ...

Man who directed fraud scheme from India gets 9 years

Local News August 15, 2026

The two Chaudharys, Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary and Trusha Chaudhary, learned their sentences this week in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, with Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, who directed the $5 million fraud targeting the elderly, being sentenced to more than nine years in prison and Trusha Chaudhary, one of his accomplices, getting probation. Among the victims was a 77-year-old man from Salem, who gave up $61,000 to the scammers and nearly gave up another $50,000 but his bank suspected fraud and contacted the FBI, which set up a sting operation. The Columbiana County ...

DAHS Class of 1966 celebrates 60th anniversary with donation

Local News August 15, 2026

LISBON — Lisbon David Anderson High School and Junior High students will be greeted at the door by a new bench donated by the DAHS Class of 1966 when they return to school on Wednesday. “I just love it,” Class of 1966 member Cheryl Mills said. The bench was constructed by Matt Baird, ...

West Branch students win prestigious prizes at Ohio State Fair

Local News August 15, 2026

BELOIT — Two West Branch Local School District students won prestigious prizes at the recent Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Zayden Wooten, 13, who will be an eighth grader at West Branch this year, was named Southdown Breed Champion in the Junior Market Lamb Show on July 29. For junior ...