A black squirrel enjoys a stolen scrap of pizza crust on Whinnery Road Friday. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
WIC beneficiaries will soon be able to have cards refilled at Salem health department
SALEM — Salem residents receiving benefits through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will soon…
Grant makes county tire collection possible
LISBON — The Columbiana County Health District will host a tire collection event from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 3…
Salem school board approves new contract with CCBDD
SALEM — The school board approved a new contract with the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disability in its meeting…
Potential historic district on Southeast Boulevard put on hold
SALEM — A proposed resolution which would have laid the groundwork to potentially form a new historic district within the…
Salem Fire Department receives grant for hazmat training
SALEM — The fire department has received a grant from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The commission awarded the…
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Local Sports
Quakers net third straight victory
SALEM — Salem's volleyball team spiked Niles in three sets on Saturday. Abby Knickerbocker…
OAK GLEN LOSES ONE OF ITS OWN Oak Glen junior football player Carter Pesacreta, 16, died…
SPORTS BRIEFING
SALEM 21, POLAND 17 POLAND — Salem's Bairon Exline returned a punt more than 60 yards…
PREP FOOTBALL
OHSAA MEET CANCELED OBETZ — The Ohio High School Athletic Association Preseason Invitational cross country meet…
SPORTS BRIEFING
Local Columns
Hope is local: Columbiana County prepares for Suicide Prevention Month
Every month, a dedicated group meets to tackle a critical mission: preventing suicide. The Columbiana County Suicide Prevention Coalition brings together a diverse group of voices from behavioral health professionals to suicide attempt survivors and family members who have lost loved ones. By combining professional knowledge with personal, lived experience, members work together to…
Columbiana County's economy and industries influenced by its original land and resources
Approach of Columbiana County Fair prompts memories of those past
Recognizing that June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, we are challenged to look at…
When trauma is also grief
Neighborhood News
On the calendar
On the calendar MON/8-24 East Liverpool Free Shared Blessings Community Luncheon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 400 Hill Blvd., dine-in only Preschool Story Time, 6 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. EPCIC meeting, 10 a.m., municipal building Eagles kitchen open…
Ora E. Anderson Conservation Fund accepting 2026 grant applications NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Foundation for Appalachian…
Community Briefs
GAHANNA, Ohio — AEP Ohio and five data center companies recently announced a first-of-its-kind effort to…
AEP Ohio and data center companies announce additional bill assistance funding
SAT/8-22 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Firestone Farms in Columbiana, 6 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127…
On the calendar
Business
Covelli Enterprises, Caribou Coffee ink coffeehouse deal
WARREN — Already the largest franchise operator of Panera Bread restaurants and one of the largest restaurant franchisees in the U.S., Covelli Enterprises in Warren is growing with the addition of Caribou Coffee to its lineup. The companies on Tuesday announced they signed a domestic franchise development agreement, touting it as the largest deal…
Nelms earns promotion with Premier Bank
LMC, Foxconn close on first round of funding as planned
Stark Memorial partners with Everything After
Editorials
America at 250: A reminder that all are created equal
As our country celebrates not just any Independence Day, but the 250th anniversary of one of the boldest declarations in human history, the festivities give us an excellent opportunity to look back on two-and-a-half centuries of this American experiment and check ourselves against what the founders hoped they were setting in motion. Draped in…
Thanking those who contributed to Stamp Out Hunger
Keep your summer travel close to home, Ohio has plenty to offer
DeWine makes right move by not appointing Faber attorney general
Letters to the Editor
A starving horse does not suffer less because Ohio calls it livestock
Dear Editor: I am part of Northeast Ohio’s horse community, and I want people to keep paying attention to the Heather Birkmire animal-cruelty case. Five horses are dead. Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino has said necropsies found evidence of starvation and dehydration. Yet the cruelty charges are misdemeanors. Birkmire, the former operator of Pure Gold Stables…
Credit Card Competition Act a common-sense bill backed by Moreno
Action requested to address dangerous intersection in Perry Township
Act like citizens instead of sports fans
Obituaries
