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Salem woman charged with child sex crimes found competent

LISBON — A Salem woman charged with rape and multiple other sex-related acts involving two children over multiple years was declared competent to stand trial. Jan. M. McHenry, 40, North Ellsworth Avenue, will now face a jury trial at 9 a.m. Dec. 8 and a final status hearing at 9 a.m. Nov. 23 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton. Bickerton recently found McHenry competent based on an evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio which she ordered in April. McHenry remains jailed under a $100,000 cash or surety bond. Both McHenry ...

Salem set to receive $600K from state for Lincoln Plaza expansion

SALEM — The city of Salem is set to receive $600,000 in state funding for expansions to Lincoln Plaza. Ohio Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, announced Thursday that Lincoln Plaza was included in the list of projects in Columbiana, Mahoning and Carroll counties slated to collectively receive ...

Perry Township trustees approve retroactive transfer of funds

PERRY TOWNSHIP—The board of trustees gave retroactive approval for a transfer between the township’s accounts in its meeting Monday. The trustees voted unanimously to retroactively approve the transfer of $15,031.41 from the General Fund to the Police Levy Fund on Dec. 24. Fiscal officer John Volio explained the transfer had previously been approved by trustees, but that an official motion hadn’t been made at the time to do so, necessitating the retroactive approval. The transfer had been made as the amount of revenue in adult fines collected by the police department, which ...

Bids for train depot renovation come in higher than expected

LISBON — Bids opened last week for the East Palestine train depot renovation all came in higher than the architect’s estimated cost, with Dynamic Structures of New Waterford submitting the lowest bid at $889,546. Columbiana County commissioners opened the bids last Wednesday, with part of the funding coming from a $250,000 state grant from the Target of Opportunity Program Community Development Block Grant through the Ohio Department of Development. Other bidders included: J. Herbert Construction Co., Salem, $953,000; Declan Construction, Brookfield, $961,690; and Brock ...

Lisbon council to continue discussion on several topics

LISBON — Topics expected to come up again at tonight’s Lisbon Village Council meeting include a strategic plan update, active transportation plan update, removal of the parking ticket boxes on downtown poles, the Willow Grove bridge project and the swimming pool. All the topics came up at recent meetings, with good news coming last week with the village to receive $150,000 from the state’s capital budget to cover a new filtration system for the pool, which isn’t reopening until next year. The memorandum of understanding for the Ohio Department of Transportation grant of ...

Perry Township’s new boom mower arrives

Perry Township’s newest addition to its fleet of maintenance equipment, a MowerMax boom mower, has arrived and entered service. Trustee Tony Ieropoli, pictured, said that the MowerMax’s boom arm has a 24-foot reach, three feet longer than the 21-foot reach of the township’s previous John ...