HANOVERTON — Nothing like a nice glass of wine, as one listens to live music on a sprawling country hillside. At least that was the inspiration behind Tipsy Farmer Winery more than five years ago. Opening at the height of COVID, Don and Jen Paynter had been enjoying the hobby of winemaking ...

BELOIT — Nearly a dozen candidates have filed to run for the West Branch Board of Education in the upcoming November election. Following the filing deadline Wednesday, 10 people will be vying for three board seats in November with incumbents Joe Courtwright, Bryan Hobbins, and David Yaggi ...

SALEM — City council gave first readings to several pieces of legislation in its meeting Tuesday. The council’s agenda originally had six items with the emergency clause to potentially be given all three readings in a single night. However, with only five members of council in ...

LEETONIA — The village of Leetonia still plans to build its Community Learning and History Center; however, officials had to scale back the initial conceptual design. During Tuesday’s regular meeting, council took action to take next steps for the project, after hearing from Brian ...

SALEM — The fourth annual K-9 Golf Outing is gearing up to provide a day of fun on the range in support of multiple local K-9 units. “The last three years have been absolutely wonderful with the support we’ve received from the community. We can’t thank everyone enough for continuing ...

The Salem Walmart on East State Street recently teamed up with Sunny Sunshine and the Brightside Project to collect school supplies and fill the Sunshine Bus. Walmart and the Brightside Project are grateful to everyone who donated, volunteered, and cheered them on. Shown are representatives ...