News

Salem health board reminds residents about rabies baiting

Local News August 20, 2026

SALEM — Wildlife rabies vaccination baiting is ongoing in Columbiana County and others across northeast Ohio. During the Salem health board’s meeting Tuesday, Health Commissioner Chelsea Clark said that baiting by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for its oral rabies vaccination program in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) had begun on Aug.7 in Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties and is slated to continue through Aug. 24. The annual program distributes ...

Tim Ryan firm seeks common ground

Local News August 20, 2026

Tim Ryan, who spent 20 years serving the Mahoning Valley in the U.S. House, has opened Unlikely Majorities, a consulting firm that touts it “runs campaigns that make the politically and culturally impossible possible.” A Democrat, Ryan left the U.S. House after 10 two-year terms at the end of 2022, after losing a Senate race to Republican J.D. Vance by 6.1%. Since then, Ryan has advocated for the natural gas industry and cryptocurrency through his Celtic Consulting firm. He considered a run for Ohio governor for this election, but said in November he would not seek the ...

Ohio Land Bank Association names Debora Flora board president

Neighborhood News August 20, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Land Bank Executive Director Debora Flora has been appointed as board president of the Ohio Land Bank Association, a statewide organization representing Ohio’s 71 county land banks. Established in Akron in 2018, the association serves as the unified voice ...

POLICE

Police and Court Reports August 20, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Bayard Road, West Township reported at 8:01 p.m. Tuesday that her neighbor parked his vehicle on her property. A deputy spoke with the neighbor and he advised the woman and her boyfriend blocked the right of way to his backyard and his vehicle is not on their property. All parties were advised to have their properties surveyed and to contact an attorney. — A deputy was dispatched at 8:08 p.m. Sunday to Kings Court Lane, Fairfield Township, to assist Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in locating a man whose vehicle was involved in a pursuit with ...

THE COURTS

Police and Court Reports August 20, 2026

Court News LISBON — A man who solicited others and conspired with others to bring drugs into the Columbiana County jail was ordered to serve nine months in prison consecutively to the 4 to 6 years he’s already serving for another case. William D. Barrett, 45, Grant Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty recently to one count of complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, with a second count for the same charge dismissed. The conspiracy occurred April 22, 2025 to April 24, 2025 to bring drugs into the county jail. The sentence in the previous case occurred in ...

Sebring man facing child sex abuse material charges

Local News August 20, 2026

GOSHEN TWP. (WKBN) — A Sebring man is facing 15 felony charges following an investigation into child sex abuse materials. A news release from the Goshen Police Department states that the department received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children division of the Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office that a Goshen Township resident had been uploading child sex abuse material. Police identified the suspect as Jeffrey August, 36, who they said recently moved to the village of Sebring. Investigators executed a search warrant at August’s home in Sebring on Aug. 13, ...