SALEM — Kast Iron Soda Works, a modern-day soda fountain and craft soda maker based in Salem, has been named an official beverage partner of America 250-Ohio, the statewide initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. As part of this partnership, Kast Iron ...
The Ohio Senate passed a bill designating a portion of state Route 11 in honor of Nicholas P. Cayton, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper killed Oct. 16. The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the legislation sponsored by state Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, to name a section of state Route 11 between U.S. Route 224 and Leffingwell Road the “Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton Memorial Highway.” Cayton, who worked out of the Canfield Post, was killed when his cruiser with flashing lights was hit from behind by a truck on Route 11 in Canfield when he was assisting another truck ...
SALEM—A Salem police officer has resigned under the threat of termination. According to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) record portal, Officer Michael Wirkner has resigned from the department in lieu of termination effective May 11. In a press release issued Thursday, the department confirmed that it had received “a complaint regarding alleged violations of the Ohio Revised Code and departmental policies” on April 20. According to the release, the “Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, was contacted and requested to conduct the ...
SALEM — Both lanes of state Route 45 from Somerset Drive in Perry Township to state Route 558/Teegarden Road in Salem Township were closed for a short time Thursday morning after a northbound box truck overturned. Trooper Nathan Bowlen of the Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the box truck traveled off of the right side of the road, struck a culvert, a utility pole and a mail box before overturning on its side and striking another utility pole at 8:18 a.m. The accident occurred just north of what’s known as the ski slope area near a storage business between state ...
SALEM — The Salem Rotary Club presented its annual Golden Apple Award to a teacher at the junior high Tuesday. The 2026 Golden Apple Award was presented to seventh- and eighth-grade teacher Todd Stokes in his classroom Tuesday. Stokes is a 1989 Salem High School alum and earned his ...
COLUMBIANA — A Springfield Road resident is asking the city to have a traffic light installed at the state Route 14 and Springfield Road intersection. Carol Friedman said that traffic has gotten worse there since the development of the area, with the Dollar Tree and Tractor Supply stores bringing in more traffic. “It’s like a three ring circus down there. There have been a number of accidents, including one this afternoon,” she told City Council during the regular meeting last week. She said that most of the traffic is not adhering to the speed limit when police officers ...
