CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Through the window of his combine, Wayne Greier watches his teenage son Blake drive a tractor across an empty field, towing a plow into position for another uncertain season of spring planting. Greier would be worrying less if the solar farm he wanted on his land had ...
SALEM — The downtown committee discussed potentially revising a long-time restriction of the city’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) ahead of its pending renewal. First approved by the city council in 2019, the DORA allows people to purchase alcohol from a participating bar or restaurant in a designated cup and freely walk around within its boundaries during DORA hours. The DORA covers most of the downtown area and has had its hours of operation extended several times in recent years, most recently on April 15, 2025, when the city council voted unanimously to expand ...
LISBON —A former Columbiana County substitute teacher and paraprofessional accused of possessing videos depicting minors engaged in sex acts is on his way to prison for more than eight and a half years after facing sentencing Monday. John M. McFarland, 43, Chesapeake, Va., formerly ...
The May 5 primary ballot has nothing but renewal tax levies for Mahoning County voters. Schools, townships and villages will have renewals before their voters, and everyone will decide on a county sales tax renewal. The Mahoning County sales tax renewal is for a 0.25%, five-year sales and use tax specifically for roads and bridges. The tax brings in approximately $10 million annually that is divided three ways — $4 million is used for regular county paving projects, another $4 million is split among the townships based on need and the remaining $2 million is used for bridge ...
LISBON — A pretrial was set at 9:15 a.m. June 22 for Erin M. McGuire, the woman accused of threatening to blow up the Leetonia K-12 school in January. McGuire, 37, Chestnut Street, Leetonia, had her case transferred back to Columbiana County Municipal Court after the county Grand Jury issued an indictment for misdemeanor aggravated menacing. She had originally been charged in Municipal Court for a first-degree felony of making terrorist threats. She remains out of jail on bond. The indictment alleged that McGuire knowingly caused another to believe she would cause serious ...
The Salem Public Library and Parks Department hosted a “sensory scavenger hunt” at the Waterworth Memorial Park Nature Trail Saturday. Participants looked for items matching clues based on all five senses like items of a specific color or texture, or that had a particular odor or that made ...
