WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican criticism in a congressional hearing Tuesday that featured a senator’s bungled attempt to accuse him of ...
BELOIT — The West Branch Local School District reviewed its annual state report card during the school board’s September meeting. West Branch received an overall rating of four and a half stars, maintaining the same overall rating as last year. The district’s score for graduation increased to five stars this year from last year’s score of four stars and maintained scores of five starts in gap closing, four stars in achievement and progress, and three stars in early literacy and college, career, workforce, and military readiness. Each year the state grades each school ...
LISBON — The new automotive addition at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 8. The CCCTC board of education was given an update on the project from the architect and contractor during the September meeting. The Stitle Construction Company was previously awarded the contract for the $6.5 million project and Strollo Architects is responsible for the design. The 20,000-square-foot addition will expand the career center’s Auto Technology and Auto Collision Repair programs. Following the update, the board and meeting guests were ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Port Authority Board made several moves Monday related to the proposed 85-acre East Palestine industrial park off of state Route 14 and Howell Road in Unity Township, including actions needed to purchase the land. First, the board approved a resolution accepting the assignment and assumption of the purchase option agreement from the East Palestine Community Improvement Corporation. CCPA Executive Director Brittany Smith explained the EPCIC had already paid $100,000 to the seller, Mary Carlson Behne, formerly known as Mary L. Carlson, for the exclusive ...
Columbiana High School will hold its 2026 Fall Homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 3. Members of the 2026 Fall Homecoming court are (from left) Cameron Conkle, Maddie Jackson, Drennen Bosela, Landry Smith, Hayes McCoy and Kyla Hogan. The homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Friday, Oct. 2 ...
Last year, the Salem Historical Society was accepted into the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. As part of the program, the Society can now officially stamp National Parks Passport Books for visitors who complete the Underground Railroad Trolley Tour. ...
