AUSTINTOWN — Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel touted WorkOhio, an initiative to connect Ohioans with in-demand jobs, during a visit Monday to an Austintown manufacturing business. “WorkOhio is just one more way to see if we can raise awareness of the opportunities that are out there in the state of ...
HANOVERTON — Hanoverton Village gathered on Sunday, May 17, to honor the memory and sacrifices of local military veterans during its annual Memorial Day Service. The community event commenced with a patriotic parade moving from Pelley Park to Betz Park. Leading the procession was the ...
West Branch graduate Florence Turner of Leetonia recites her oath of office as a Columbiana County Assistant Prosecutor at the direction of county Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino at the county courthouse. Turner earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in developmental ...
BELOIT – The 36th annual West Branch High School Senior Academic Recognition Banquet was held May 13 at the Harvesting Hope Center in Sebring. This year’s banquet honored 12 students who are in the top 10 percent of the Class of 2026 along with their parents and a teacher chosen by each ...
SALEM — Treasurer Mike Douglas Monday night provided the school board with an update on upcoming public funding cuts. Douglas told the board school districts were still waiting on the Ohio Department of Taxation to finalize its calculations for the value of temporary tax credit provisions implemented in House Bill 186 to get a clearer picture of exactly how much their property tax revenue will be reduced going forward. House Bill 186 set new caps for how much property tax increases after property value re-appraisals based on the Gross Domestic Product Deflation Factor. Douglas ...
LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections certified the official results of the May 5 primary Tuesday, noting the trend of people voting in office rather than mailing in absentee ballots is continuing. While the overwhelming majority of voters continues coming out on Election Day, in this case 10,963 voters, there were only 661 absentee ballots mailed in that counted while there were 1,405 ballots cast in the board office for early voting. “More and more voters are going away from the postal service,” Board of Elections Director Kim Fusco said. For this election, ...
