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Woman dies after Monday morning crash in Perry Township

PERRY TOWNSHIP (WKBN) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Monday morning crash involving a semi-truck that resulted in a woman’s death. Yolanda Medina Matos, 58, of Campbell, died at the hospital Monday as a result of injuries from a crash around 10 a.m. Monday. The two-vehicle crash happened on state Route 344 at the intersection of Cunningham Road. A release from authorities states the other driver, a 51-year-old Salem man, was taken to the hospital as a precaution with no apparent injuries. The release states a car driven by Matos failed to yield at a stop ...

Beaver Local teacher suffers injuries in dog attack

LISBON — One of two dogs that attacked a woman out for a walk Friday at Lake Tomahawk was scheduled to be euthanized today, with the other one in quarantine in Mahoning County, according to Columbiana County Dog Warden Heidi Wallace. Wallace said Monday the owner of the one dog volunteered to put the dog down, but the owner of the other one refused and said the dog would remain in quarantine. The victim, Penny Brown, was identified on social media as a Beaver Local teacher. At 4:13 p.m. Friday, the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the East Palestine ...

EP woman pleads not guilty in animal cruelty case

LISBON — An East Palestine woman pleaded not guilty during arraignment Monday on four counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals related to 21 animals seized from her home due to alleged unsanitary conditions. Jennifer Albert, 38, West Main Street, was ordered to have no companion animals as a condition of her recognizance bond for the misdemeanor charges. She’s scheduled to face a pretrial at 10:45 a.m. Aug. 3 on the misdemeanor charges. The original affidavit said animals were found at her address on April 3 “in conditions of extreme filth, causing suffering, lack of ...

Salem Public Library hosts amphibious friends

SALEM — Dennis Imhoff from the Beaver Creek Wildlife Center brought some native amphibious friends to the Salem Public Library Tuesday for its “Amphibians of Ohio” program. Imhoff taught attendees about the origins of amphibians, which were the first land animals to evolve. He said ...

Leetonia official responds to levy failure

LEETONIA — Village council discussed safety forces funding in the wake of voters’ denial of a proposed 0.5% income tax increase in exchange for discontinuing collection of village property tax in its May 6 meeting. “What happened [on May 5] is an enormous loss. It really is, and I’m trying to impress upon you the effect it’s going to have on this village,” Fiscal Officer Nick Mistovich said. The failure of the proposed tax, which was estimated to have netted the village an additional $400,000 annually if approved by voters, was described by Mistovich as disastrous for ...

Columbiana council gets update on building department

COLUMBIANA — The city’s decision to partner with a third-party service for its commercial and residential building department has proven beneficial over the last few years. Elevate Building Solutions Executive Director Julie Needs provided City Council with an overview of the city’s building department. She said the city issued 60 commercial permits and 165 residential permits in 2025 for a total of 225 permits issued out of the building department that year. “We like to break this down and compare year over year. We now have two full years we can compare,” she ...