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Driver accused of killing a pedestrian to face jury trial Jan. 26

LISBON — The driver accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene in East Liverpool on Feb. 4 won’t face a jury trial until 9 a.m. Jan. 26 next year. Tracy C. Quimby, 34, last known address Jackman Street, East Liverpool, also with an address in Hookstown, Pa., appeared Friday for a pretrial hearing before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton. She was accompanied by her appointed defense attorney Terry Grenga. A final status hearing was set for 9:40 a.m. Jan. 11. Quimby is facing third-degree felony charges of aggravated ...

Columbiana County Archives Storage building nears completion

LISBON — The Columbiana County Archives Storage Facility is getting closer to finishing, with substantial completion expected in the next week or two and the building expected to open sometime in September. “There is progress being made on the archives building,” county Commissioner ...

Salem council reduces outstanding zoning fees for landlord who purchased nuisance property

SALEM — City council voted to reduce outstanding zoning fees for a city property in its Aug. 4 meeting. Mayor Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey told council that a landlord with multiple properties within the city had purchased a property whose prior owners had not kept the property to code, accruing approximately $3,600 in fees prior to the purchase unbeknownst to the new owner. She explained that while the new owner had contracted a title company to do a search of the property’s deed prior to the purchase, that the fees had not been delivered to the county auditor’s office yet and the ...

West Branch siblings win top awards at Ohio State Fair

BELOIT — Two West Branch Local School District students won prestigious prizes at the recent Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Zayden Wooten, 13, who will be an eighth grader at West Branch this year, was named Southdown Breed Champion in the Junior Market Lamb Show on July 29. For junior ...

Goshen Township trustees approve mutual aid police contract with Perry Township

GOSHEN TOWNNSHIP — Goshen Townshp trustees approved a new mutual aid contract for the police department in its meeting Tuesday. The trustees unanimously approved a mutual aid contract between the Goshen Police District and the Perry Township Police Department. Goshen Police Chief John Calko said the township already has mutual aid contracts with the Salem Police Department and the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office, but one had never been formed with Perry Township. Calko said that the contract would be “pretty much the same” as its existing mutual aid contracts, and both ...

Eagle Scout project to provide two new homes for owls in Salem

SALEM — Owls will have two new homes in Salem’s parks as the result of an Eagle Scout project. Aaron Rea, a 15-year-old Eagle Scout candidate from Boy Scout Troop 2006, has been working on a project which will offer homes for four different types of owls in Columbiana County for the ...