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More details emerge in contractor arrest

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — More details have emerged in the arrest of a local businessman, and the song remains very much the same. A fourth-degree felony warrant that contributed to the arrest Friday of John P. Bartos III arose from a Beaver Township woman’s claim that she paid him $6,000 for windows and a patio door he never installed. Bartos, 43, was arrested Friday at a Boardman hotel on four outstanding warrants. Court records showed that one of those was issued by Mahoning County Canfield Court Judge Molly K. Johnson in connection with the Beaver Township charge filed in ...

Salem schools preview new K-8 building

SALEM — The Salem City School District gave the community a preview of the district’s new K-8 school building. During the school board’s meeting Monday, Project Architect Chris Bader and Project Executive Joe Swantek of Hammond Construction said the district’s new $57 million K-8 ...

United school board approves salary increases in new union contracts

HANOVERTON — Salary increases have been awarded to members of both United Local School District unions this month. The board of education approved new three-year contracts for the United Employee Association and the Ohio Association of Public School Employees that include a four percent salary increase in the first year. District Treasurer Melissa Baker said that as part of the agreements, union members accepted higher health insurance deductibles and an increased employee share of premium costs. “The savings associated with these insurance changes helped the district offset ...

Man who fled Salem traffic stop facing multiple felonies

LISBON — A Salineville man caught Sunday after fleeing a traffic stop in Salem on Saturday, crashing his car and fleeing on foot will face multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for multiple cases during a hearing Sept. 28. Nathaniel L. Ford, 24, West Main Street, remains jailed, now under a $150,000 cash or surety bond, after appearing in Columbiana County Municipal Court for arraignment Monday morning. The bond was originally set at $50,000, but was later increased at the state’s request. The prosecutor’s office was made aware the defendant has one or more outstanding ...

Lisbon council zoning committee to discuss food truck fees

LISBON — The zoning committee of Lisbon Village Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today to discuss food truck fees, which council agreed recently to start having enforced in 2027. The new fees were part of the new zoning code approved last year, with Councilwoman Melissa Hiner questioning at a council meeting last month why no fees had been collected for food trucks this year. The fees for food trucks were set in the new zoning code as $100 per day or $250 for six months or $500 for the year. Council agreed to let the fees go for 2026, but to start collecting in 2027 and include a ...

FirstEnergy tells Mahoning County Court it hasn’t paid bill in nearly 4 months

SEBRING (WKBN) — There were some power concerns Monday at the Mahoning County Court in Sebring. Judge Joe Schiavone reached out to WKBN and said FirstEnergy came to the court with a shutoff notice and handed it over to the staff. They said the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts hasn’t paid the power bill for months. FirstEnergy says the power will remain on inside the court, but they do need paid. “So that’s how we found out. So I am looking at it. The shutoff notice was presented, and it said that it was going to get shut off today at 11:46 a.m., but they gave a grace period ...