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Kripchak’s second community town hall to focus on school funding, property taxes, data centers and AI

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CANFIELD — Michael Kripchak, candidate for Ohio’s 33rd Senate District, will host the second town hall in his series tonight at the Canfield Fair Park Rotary Building, 318 Oak St. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. The event begins promptly at 6 p.m. Admission is free, and donations are welcome. The event will feature experts to discuss with the community school funding and property taxes as well as data centers and artificial intelligence, including their effects on the electric grid, who pays for those impacts, and what their growth could mean for the future. “My goal with these town ...

Wellsville council discusses charter government

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WELLSVILLE — During the Oct. 6 meeting of the Wellsville Village Council, Council President Keith Thorn suggested members consider switching to a charter form of government with a village administrator/manager. Thorn said that with a charter government, the village would still have a council and a mayor, but it would be the administrator making most of the decisions. He said typically the reason behind the change is because council lacks the expertise in a lot of areas, requiring the hire of a professional. “This is not against anybody that is sitting here,” Thorn said. ...

Local fire departments train in simulated bus crash

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LISBON—Three local fire departments conducted a collaborative training scenario simulating a bus crash with the help of a local business Saturday. The Lisbon, Hanover Township and Winona Volunteer fire departments participated in a special training scenario Saturday simulating a crash in ...

No jail or fine for East Palestine woman in animal neglect case

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LISBON — An East Palestine woman who had 21 animals seized from her home earlier this year for unsanitary conditions received a suspended 90-day jail term, no fine and will have two cats returned to her. Jennifer Albert, 39, West Main Street, appeared in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday morning with her defense attorney Frank Williams for a pretrial which turned into a plea and sentencing in the criminal case. Albert pleaded no contest and was found guilty of one count of prohibitions concerning companion animals, with three additional counts of the same misdemeanor charge ...

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Salem — A person attempting to kick in a man door of the garage of a vacant home was reported in the 300 block of East Sixth Street. Officers checked the garage and the residence but did not locate any signs of forced entry. — A domestic in progress was reported in the 900 block of West Wilson Street at 9:59 p.m. Monday. The caller advised that they were not injured, but a physical altercation did occur and that the other party had left the residence prior to their arrival. The caller completed a statement to document the incident and had the other party trespassed from the ...

Lawsuits filed for non-disclosure of possible long-term health effects of derailment

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LISBON — A Cleveland law firm filed 10 additional lawsuits recently on behalf of area residents against their attorneys, a doctor and others they say failed to disclose the possible long-term health impacts from the 2023 East Palestine train derailment. The latest lawsuits were filed Friday afternoon in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court by an attorney with Winter Trimacco Co., with many of the same claims of a similar lawsuit filed last month. The causes of action outlined in the lawsuit included legal malpractice, claiming the attorneys acted for their own benefit, breach of ...