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Jr. fair board plans all-inclusive livestock show

Allison Erwin, 17, East Rochester, president of Columbiana County Jr. Fair Board and 2025 Columbiana County Jr. Fair and 4H Queen, is working to organize an All IN Livestock Inclusion Show for the 2026 Columbiana County Fair. Allison, who during her reign as queen over the past year, has visited multiple fairs where she has seen first-hand multiple disability and inclusion shows. She said seeing these shows and how the children smiled when they interacted with the animals was an inspiration to her and made her realize that while she learns while working with animals, it is not ...

Salem Historical Society added to NPS Network to Freedom

SALEM – The Salem Historical Society’s Underground Railroad Trolley Tour has been accepted into the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The Network to Freedom’s mission is to honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement ...

Heggy’s awarded over $69,000 for damage from neighboring demolition

LISBON — The parties in the case filed by Heggy’s in Salem against a contractor who caused damage to the restaurant while demolishing the building next door agreed to a judgment to Heggy’s totaling $69,268. The agreed judgment entry signed by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton was file stamped June 4, with the judgment in favor of Heggy’s Alliance and Salem Gen 3 LLC, Alliance against defendants Veterans Energy and Construction Services, LLC, with addresses in East Liverpool and Akron, and against Kevin Kerr, East Liverpool, a principal of the ...

New Waterford man pleads not guilty to kidnapping woman from Columbiana daycare parking lot

LISBON — A New Waterford man accused of kidnapping a woman from a daycare parking lot in Columbiana and forcing her to a secluded area while armed with a pistol entered a not guilty plea to the indictment, which includes a first-degree felony kidnapping charge. Jason N. Hartsough, 48, state Route 558, appeared for arraignment and a pretrial Friday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Megan Bickerton, accompanied by his defense attorney Joseph Ohlin. Besides the kidnapping charge, the indictment against Hartsough includes a firearm specification, fourth-degree felony ...

Local 4-Her shares experience at conference with commissioners

LISBON — Local 4-H member and United Local incoming senior Atlee Brinker recently returned from trips to D.C. and Columbus, learning about government policy making from the inside and sharing her story with Columbiana County commissioners on Wednesday. “This was definitely a unique ...