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Trump hosts Senate GOP at renovated White House

WASHINGTON — Head Start programs for preschoolers are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President Donald Trump ...

Columbiana County parks board chairman steps down

LISBON — Longtime Columbiana County Park District member and chairman Eileen Dray-Bardon stepped down recently, saying it’s for the good of the park district. “I take this action in order to put an end to any problems that my participation on the board has or may cause,” she wrote in ...

Lisbon fiscal officer explains OML view on tax initiatives

LISBON — As the debate over property tax continues to wage on in Ohio, the topic took center stage at the Ohio Municipal League (OML) Conference that took place Oct. 8-14 in Columbus. The OML is a statewide nonprofit organization in Ohio that represents the collective interests of cities ...

Local agencies dismissed from derailment-related wrongful death suit

LISBON — The village of East Palestine, East Palestine Police Department, East Palestine Fire Department and the Columbiana County Health District have all been dismissed from a lawsuit claiming wrongful death and negligence over the 2023 East Palestine train derailment. The local agencies ...

2 hospitalized after Monday night explosion in Middleton Township

MIDDLETON TWP. (WKBN) — Firefighters and the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a house explosion in Columbiana County Monday night. Deputies and firefighters responded to the 48200 block of Carmel Achor Road in Middleton Township around 7:30 p.m. Monday for a report of an ...