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America at 250: Expansion of a new nation started with trip along the Ohio River

Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these waters flowed settlers, soldiers, merchants, dreamers and pioneers determined to carve opportunity from the frontier. In many ways, the journey chronicled this week represents the true beginning of America’s westward. What started with a determined group of men leaving Massachusetts in the ...

CCCTC holds signing day for senior students

LISBON — Columbiana County Career and Technical Center held a signing day on Thursday for the senior students.   The students, many of them with their families present to celebrate with them, signed a commitment with the company they would be working at after graduation, or a college or ...

LISBON —The former operator of Pure Gold Stables and Equestrian Center in Salem Township entered a not guilty plea Friday morning to multiple misdemeanors counts related to the deaths of five horses whose remains were found last fall on the property. Heather J. Birkmire, 45, Eagleton Road, ...

Yost exit may cause shakeup in statewide executive offices

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican who’s held statewide office for more than 15 years, is resigning, effective June 7, to join a Christian conservative legal advocacy group — a move that may create a domino effect among other executive branch positions. Yost is leaving his state position to become vice president of strategic research and innovation for the Alliance Defending Freedom. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the ADF focuses on cultural issues such as religious liberty, private school vouchers, restricting abortion access as well as opposing LGBTQ+ rights and ...

Rulli bill would protect questionable thyroid medicine

Congressman Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced legislation to protect access to an animal-derived thyroid medicine that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration expressed concerns about regarding its “safety and effectiveness.” Rulli, whose district includes Mahoning and Columbiana counties, said: “Washington should not be in the business of taking away treatments that patients have relied on for generations. This is about common sense and basic access to care. At a time when more Americans are struggling with hormone-related health issues, desiccated thyroid extract has remained a ...

Man sentenced to 39 years for baseball bat attack files appeal

LISBON — A former Columbiana man sentenced to at least 39 years in prison for attempting to kill a woman with a baseball bat and then setting her home on fire filed an appeal Friday. The appeal was filed with the Seventh District Court of Appeals for Frederick L. Harroff, 66, last known address Columbiana Lisbon Road, who entered a guilty plea in March to first-degree felonies of attempted murder, aggravated arson and kidnapping, second-degree felonies of aggravated arson and felonious assault and fourth-degree felony strangulation. Another count of felonious assault was to be ...