GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — A sergeant with the Alliance Police Department is facing potential felony charges following an incident at White House Fruit Farm on Tuesday. Alliance Police Department Sgt. Ethan Griffith appeared for arraignment in Mahoning County Court #3 in Sebring Thursday charged ...
A bald eagle flies by the ongoing construction on the new dam at Guilford Lake on Monday. The project is still on schedule to be completed by the end the year and refilling of the lake will being in the spring of 2027. (Photo by Ron Firth)
SALEM — The parks commission reviewed its rental prices for the 2027 season in its July meeting. Parks Director Kelli Pastore said that most of the department’s rentals were slated to remain unchanged, but that updates were being proposed to some fees to meet rising expenses associated with those facilities ahead of the city council’s upcoming review of the city fee schedule. The previous flat rate for pool rentals is being replaced with a tiered system based on the number of people expected to attend the event to more accurately reflect the cost of chemicals required to ...
BELOIT — The West Branch Local School District will ask voters to support a new property tax levy in the upcoming General Election in November. In its July 20 meeting, the board of education voted unanimously to approve a resolution to place a new five-year 1-mill permanent improvement levy on the ballot in November. The proposed levy has a five-year collection period beginning in tax year 2026 and continuing through tax year 2030, and if approved by voters in November would first be collected in calendar year 2027. If approved, the levy is estimated to generate $441,471 for the ...
COLUMBIANA — City officials are still working on the design for the new City Hall building. During the July City Council meeting City Manager Lance Willard said they met with Strollo Architects and Howells and Baird Engineering to go over several revisions on the design. “We hope to hear back from environmental planning and design soon so we can get the new zoning district proposal on its way,” he said. The city is moving its offices to the former #1 Cochran Chevrolet Cadillac dealership on East Railroad Street. Currently, City Hall and city offices are located at 28 W. ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Engineer’s Office plans to apply for funds to repair an area along Steubenville Pike Road near Highlandtown Lake where the road’s starting to slip. “We’ve been battling it a long time,” Chief Deputy Highway Engineer Bill Helscel said. On Wednesday, the county commissioners gave permission for county Engineer Bert Dawson to sign applications and related forms for the Ohio Public Works Commission Emergency Funding Program for the emergency slip repair. Helscel said the road is starting to slip away and each year they’ve been putting down ...
