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California congressman’s tour makes stop at Ultium

WARREN —  U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, during a visit to Ultium Cells on Friday morning, called for renewing electric vehicle tax credits and blocking Chinese battery companies from U.S. incentives as he stated federal support is “critical” to reviving manufacturing jobs locally. The California Democrat visited the Ultium Cells facility for a tour as the plant has idled more than 1,000 workers amid slower EV sales following the end of a federal $7,500 consumer tax credit. “This is such an impressive facility,” Khanna said.  His visit was part of the congressman’s “Heartland ...

Columbiana County’s tie to John Brown, abolition movement

A double whammy hit young Edwin Coppoc of Winona in early 1842. His father died and because his mother was unable to care for all her six children, 6-year-old Edwin was sent to live with John Butler near Salem. Butler, a Quaker, was a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. He reportedly took Edwin with him to secretly transport runaway slaves. These experiences likely helped to shape Edwin’s destiny. From 1842 to 1850, the United States obtained a vast expanse of land from Texas to California over which pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions fiercely battled, issues discussed ...

Plea hearing set in East Liverpool murder

LISBON — A plea hearing is now scheduled at 1:30 p.m. June 1 in the aggravated murder case against Daniel C. Whitley for the May 2025 shooting death of James Powell. During a status hearing Friday, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton said attorneys for both sides indicated a resolution has been reached. A jury trial trial set for June 2 has been canceled. Whitley, 34, Wilbert Street, East Liverpool, appeared in the custody of a Columbiana County deputy sheriff and was accompanied by his defense attorney, Thomas Will. County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Yacovone ...

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, ...