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CAA Salem Health Center moving to larger facility on East Second Street

SALEM – The CAA Salem Health Center has made a move to accommodate the growing number of patients in the Salem area and surrounding communities. The new location at 600 E. Second St. is now open and new patients are welcomed, according to Jenna Wonner, COO of CAA Health, Behavioral Health ...

Quakertown Super Kids soap box derby races through Salem

SALEM — The annual Quakertown Super Kids soap box derby raced through Salem Saturday. The annual event celebrated its 20th anniversary in Salem. It has been held on the first Saturday in June every year since 2006 when it was brought to Salem by Race Director Janet Keene and her husband ...

Ax tax drive stalls again, campaign now aims for Nov. 2027 ballot

A proposed constitutional amendment to consider abolishing property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the Nov. 3 ballot because the group collecting signatures has again failed to get enough people to sign petitions. This is the second year in a row that the Committee to Abolish Ohio Property Taxes, also called AxOhioTax, tried to qualify for the ballot as it failed to do so in 2025. Brian Massie, a leader of the group, announced Friday on Ohio Political News, a right-wing political podcast, that not enough signatures were collected. The group had to submit petitions with 413,488 valid ...

Kravitz Deli opens Salem location with grand opening today

SALEM — A Youngstown favorite restaurant’s new Salem location is open for business. Kravitz Deli has been operating in Youngstown since 1939 when original owner Rose Kravitz opened the business. In December, owner Matt Rydarowicz, who purchased the business from the Kravitz family in 2022, announced on Facebook he had bought the property at 127 Penn Ave. with the intention of starting a new location in Salem. The Penn Avenue store is now officially up and running, with Rydarowicz announcing on Wednesday that all the necessary inspections had been completed, and the restaurant ...

Columbiana County EMA to conduct power station disaster drill

LISBON — Columbiana County residents may notice ramped up activity by emergency responders at several locations Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as they prepare for an emergency at the Beaver Valley nuclear power station. No need to worry, though, it’s just a drill. Emergency and ...

Jr. fair board plans all-inclusive livestock show

Allison Erwin, 17, East Rochester, president of Columbiana County Jr. Fair Board and 2025 Columbiana County Jr. Fair and 4H Queen, is working to organize an All IN Livestock Inclusion Show for the 2026 Columbiana County Fair. Allison, who during her reign as queen over the past year, has visited multiple fairs where she has seen first-hand multiple disability and inclusion shows. She said seeing these shows and how the children smiled when they interacted with the animals was an inspiration to her and made her realize that while she learns while working with animals, it is not ...