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East Liverpool City Hospital earns top marks on Lown Institute Ranking

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EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool City Hospital has received an “A” Grade in METRIC and has been named #1 in the state on the 2026 Lown Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility, demonstrating excellence. Only 160 out of more than 3,600 U.S. hospitals achieved this status by earning top grades across measures of health equity, value, and outcomes. East Liverpool City Hospital also received the following accolades on the Lown Index: — ‘A’ Grade in Cost Efficiency, Pay Equity, Patient Outcomes, Patient Safety, and Clinical Outcomes. — Top five in Ohio for Social ...

Expanded Weekend Edition

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To our readers As we join together this weekend to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, please note that today’s newspaper serves as our expanded weekend edition, as the Fourth of July falls on Saturday. While there won’t be a printed newspaper on Saturday as you’re accustomed to, our reporters will be working to cover the stories that matter most throughout the holiday weekend. For breaking news, local events, sports, weather updates and more, visit our website at morningjournalnews.com for the latest developments. From all of us, thank you for your continued readership and ...

THE COURTS

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Jason D. Rowland, Summit Street, Lisbon, vs. Kayla L. Rowland, Summit Street, Lisbon; divorce sought. Daniel V. Hissom, Y & O Road, Wellsville, vs. Brittany Hissom, Smithfield Street, East Liverpool; divorce sought. Loandepot.com, LLC, Plano, Texas, vs. Christopher Ingledue, Broadway Avenue, Wellsville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. DOCKET ENTRIES Rocket Mortgage, LLC vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Richard A. Secrest, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Union Street, Columbiana property. U.S. Bank Trust National ...

Commissioners in Mahoning OK tax relief

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YOUNGSTOWN — The burden is on local governments, school districts and the county itself to provide tax relief for homeowners. Mahoning County commissioners Tuesday approved a last-minute resolution that will double the owner-occupied tax credit. The change will go into effect next year and will be collected in 2028. Right now, the 1971 law that implemented the 2,5% tax credit provides reimbursement from Columbus to counties for the cost of the tax revenue that would otherwise be lost. But House Bill 96, passed in 2025, which allows counties to increase either the owner-occupied or ...

Columbiana city earns Auditor of the State Award

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COLUMBIANA — The city has earned an Auditor of State Award. Dawn Baker of the Ohio Auditor’s Office presented the award to city council in June on behalf of Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber. “This award represents the hard work of all the staff and employees who make every effort each day to attain accounting standards excellence,” she said. “We would like to recognize the Mayor, City Council and the director of finance that have done an outstanding job of watching every dollar.” The Auditor of State’s Office performs roughly 4,200 audits statewide each year and ...

Columbiana County commissioners receive Lisbon history lesson

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LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners received a lesson in history Wednesday from Lisbon resident Stevie Halverstadt regarding local men who helped unite the country celebrating 250 years. “These are people that impacted our past to create what we have now,” she said. The Fighting McCooks, undertaker Erastus Eells, farmer Joseph Scroggs who was the namesake for Scroggs Road and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Hessin Clarke, all Lisbon natives, also known as New Lisbon during its infancy in 1803. She also told about the Blocksom family tradition of firing off a cannon on ...