EAST PALESTINE — New details of a state-of-the-art first responder training center to be built in East Palestine were unveiled during a press conference at the fire department Thursday. The project is the product of an ongoing collaboration between the state of Ohio, the village of East ...
COLUMBIANA — The city is in the process of hiring a new wastewater superintendent to replace Brian Dicken, who held the position from 2013 until this year when he retired. During the most recent City Council meeting council gave a first reading to legislation approving the hiring of Dan Houk as wastewater superintendent. City Manager Lance Willard said that Houk has been with the city since 2007, serving as foreman for the wastewater treatment plant since 2014. “I am looking forward to working with him,” Willard said during the meeting. According to the ordinance, Houk will ...
The Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities will have a 2.4-mill additional levy on the November ballot. The levy will bring in $15,522,964 annually for five years and will cost homeowners $84 per $100,000 of home valuation. “The need is most specific for the operation and funding of programs that directly impact individuals and families served,” said MCBDD Superintendent Bill Whitacre. “The largest portion of our funding is used to pay for waiver match dollars for the Medicaid waiver program. We also use funds to operate Leonard Kirtz School and our early ...
EP Social Concerns leadership change The East Palestine Social Concerns has announced a change in leadership. Now through Jan. 1 Patty Sugar will serve as coordinator. She can be contacted at 330-720-9137. After Jan. 1 Jim and Carolyn Wilson will be the coordinators. They can be contacted at 330-727-4958. Friends of Beaver Creek State Park pancake breakfast The Friends of Beaver Creek State Park will hold their last pancake breakfast of the year from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday in the barn in Pioneer Village. This month’s feature pancake is pumpkin, served with maple cream cheese ...
LISBON — Before passing sentence in a vehicular homicide case Thursday, Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Danielle Menning said she took into consideration the defendant’s life of service as a teacher, coach and veteran. Then she sent Anthony L. Thornabar to jail for 140 days, ...
SEBRING – B.L. Miller Elementary School students took home books for free thanks to a partnership between The Carl & Josie Scarpitti Foundation and Scholastic Books. The foundation provided a $20 credit to all pre-K through sixth-grade students to spend on new books at the school’s ...
