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Driver gets jail time for state Route 45 crash that ended a life

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, ...

Salem approves insurance pacts with unions

SALEM — Salem has approved new insurance agreements with two unions representing the city’s employees. Following a roughly 30-minute executive session for the discussion of pending contractual negotiations, city council unanimously approved two resolutions authorizing Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey to enter memorandums of understanding with two unions representing city employees — one with Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council and American Federation of State, County and another with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSME) Local 2701, which ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. John E. Zoppelt, Longs Crossing Road, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Longs Crossing Road, Leetonia property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Crystal Parrish, Depot Street, Rogers, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Depot Street, Rogers property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Louis R. Horvath, et al., Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Justin Brinkley, Clark Avenue, ...

Defendants in EGCC case plead not guilty

STEUBENVILLE — Former Eastern Gateway Community College President Mike Geoghegan and two alleged co-conspirators entered pleas of not guilty Wednesday before their attorneys settled in for an almost 60-minute-long hearing on what, if any, contact the three of them can have with each other, ...

Water break repaired and boil order lifted

ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — Residents who were left without water following a main line break on John Campbell Road Monday morning had water fully restored around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Residents in St. Clair and Liverpool townships and Glenmoor were under a boil order issued by the Buckeye Water District (BWD) during and following the repair until water samples were tested and returned showing the water was bacteria free and potable. John Gentile, superintendent, removed the boil order around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Gentile estimated approximately 2,500 residential and business customers ...