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Local News June 3, 2026

WED/6-3 Beloit West Branch school board, 5 p.m., high school media room; special meeting with executive session for personnel; no action to be taken. Village council workshop, 6 p.m., village hall; topics will include, but are not limited to, safety, streets and buildings and grounds. Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Woodworth Park, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 East Palestine East Palestine Library, Friends of the Library Book Sale Preview ($5 admission fee), 4-6 p.m.; Board of Trustees, 6 p.m. Eagles drive thru stuffed chicken breast dinner, 4-6 p.m., ...

Wellsville principals wrap up 2025-2026 school year with positive notes

Local News June 3, 2026

WELLSVILLE – Wellsville Local School District principals wrapped up the year with positive notes. Principals Shelbie Householder, Garfield Elementary; Erin Clemmer, Daw Elementary; and Allison Scott, Wellsville Jr. Sr. High School, recognized their final Students of the Month for the 2025-2026 school year during the May 18 school board meeting. Students of the Month for May at Garfield include second-grade students Luca Dalrymple and Brea Williams, who were both recognized for being wonderful examples of what it means to be star students with positive attitudes and great ...

Owner of dog involved in attack drops challenge of vicious designation

Local News June 3, 2026

LISBON — A Negley resident whose dog was designated as vicious after attacking a woman out for a walk May 15 decided Tuesday to drop a challenge to the designation issued by the Columbiana County dog warden, with an assistant prosecutor saying the dog will be euthanized. This was the same dog the owner had originally volunteered to put down and then didn’t a few days after the attack. At 4:13 p.m. Friday May 15, the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the East Palestine Police Department advising that a Beaver Local school bus driver reported a woman was ...

Valley leads state in human-trafficking arrests

Local News June 3, 2026

COLUMBUS — The Mahoning Valley has become the hot spot in Ohio for human trafficking arrests, according to a new report from state Attorney General Dave Yost. The report, titled “The Drivers of Demand” and commissioned by Yost, provides a first-ever look at sex buyers arrested in Ohio and the criminal consequences they have faced. It concludes that more sex buyers are being arrested and prosecuted in the state, but jail time and fines remain minimal, and a mandate that offenders attend “john school” is inconsistently enforced. The report reveals data on sex buyers charged ...

POLICE

Police News June 3, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy took a report of a missing person at a Wooddale Drive residence in Hanover Township at 5:27 p.m. Sunday. The deputy spoke to the caller upon arrival at the address and had them fill out a missing person form, advising the person would be entered as missing by dispatch. — A deputy was dispatched at 4:24 p.m. Sunday to Teegarden Road, Hanover Township for an ATV complaint. The deputy spoke with the person involved, who agreed to stay off of the roadway and said they were finished riding for the evening. — A drug-related issue was reported at 1:35 p.m. ...

Mural paying tribute to area veterans in Lisbon

Local News June 3, 2026

LISBON — Motorists traveling east on East Lincoln Way in Lisbon may notice a flying flag and eagle on the west wall of the Lisbon Veterans of Foreign Wars Wilfred Clunk Post 4111 building. That’s just the start of a mural paying patriotic tribute to area veterans and the village of ...