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, ...
YOUNGSTOWN (WKBN) — A Salem woman who was wanted on a warrant for an August attack at a Sebring home was arraigned Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Brandice Bettura, 51, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony; aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony; and misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing and criminal damaging. The case has been assigned to Judge John Durkin. Magistrate Dominic DeLaurentis continued her $25,000 bond pending a bond hearing before Judge Durkin. A court date was not set at arraignment. Bettura is ...
LISBON — An accident which took the life of a Negley woman last month remains under investigation, with the Ohio State Highway Patrol report identifying the other driver as John Lee Shepherd, 41, Hamilton Lane, East Palestine. Katelyn McKenzie Williams, 26, Navajo Trail, Negley, was killed when her southeastbound Ford Escape on state Route 170 was struck head-on by a northwestbound Chevy Silverado driven by Shepherd, who crossed the center line at 7:30 p.m. April 25 in St. Clair Township. The crash caused Williams’ vehicle to travel off of the right side of the road. Alcohol was ...
SALEM — The Salem Summer Concert Committee and the Salem Parks and Recreation Department are excited to provide free concerts at Waterworth Memorial Park again this summer as part of the annual Summer Concert Series. The 2026 series is set to begin 6 p.m. June 7 with the Quaker City Band ...
