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Highway patrol cruiser struck by wrong-way driver in East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOL — A three-vehicle injury crash involving a wrong-way driver and a marked Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser at 8:19 p.m. Saturday, July 4, on U.S. Route 30 in the city of East Liverpool remains under investigation. A trooper from the Lisbon Post was on routine patrol in a marked cruiser when the vehicle was struck by a Lincoln SUV traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of the divided highway. The impact caused the patrol cruiser to overturn. The trooper was able to exit the vehicle and provide aid to the other involved driver, identified as David Hertzler, 61, of ...

Salem celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary Friday evening with a community picnic at Waterworth Memorial Park. The picnic featured multiple activities for kids including a mobile museum display, bounce houses, make-and-takes and crafts, and a hot dog and pie eating contest. The picnic ...

Columbiana city earns Auditor of the State Award

COLUMBIANA — The city has earned an Auditor of State Award. Dawn Baker of the Ohio Auditor’s Office presented the award to city council in June on behalf of Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber. “This award represents the hard work of all the staff and employees who make every effort each day to attain accounting standards excellence,” she said. “We would like to recognize the Mayor, City Council and the director of finance that have done an outstanding job of watching every dollar.” The Auditor of State’s Office performs roughly 4,200 audits statewide each year and ...

Celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary in Salem

Salem celebrated the nations 250th anniversary and Independence Day Friday with a grand parade. The parade included more than 50 participating groups and was nearly 45 minutes long with floats, historical vehicles, costumed marchers, and even live music. (Photos by Morgan Ahart)

Expanded Weekend Edition

To our readers As we join together this weekend to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, please note that today’s newspaper serves as our expanded weekend edition, as the Fourth of July falls on Saturday. While there won’t be a printed newspaper on Saturday as you’re accustomed to, our reporters will be working to cover the stories that matter most throughout the holiday weekend. For breaking news, local events, sports, weather updates and more, visit our website at salemnews.net for the latest developments. From all of us, thank you for your continued readership and support. ...