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Deep clean at Salem Community Center

The Salem Community Center pool and hot tub are closed for routine maintenance. The closure began on Aug. 22 and will end Sept. 7 with re-opening to the public on Sept. 8. The rest of the Community Center remains open. (Photos by Katie White)

No injuries in Third Street fire

SALEM — Multiple departments responded to a house fire on Third Street Friday. The Salem Fire Department was notified at 10:50 p.m. Friday that the porch of the residence at 1134 E. Third St. had caught fire. When firefighters arrived, all residents had already evacuated the home, but two cats were still inside the residence. A 1.75-inch hose line was advanced to the rear of the residence, and the rear porch was extinguished. A second handline was advanced inside of the residence through the front door, and fire within the dining room and kitchen were extinguished. The fire ...

CORRECTION

Aaron Perry, no age or address listed, was charged with OVI and driving under suspension following a traffic stop on North Market Street at Vista Drive at 9:09 a.m. Aug. 13. An incorrect driver was listed in a Lisbon police report in Tuesday’s edition.

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc., Warren, Ohio, vs. James J. Jones Jr., East Liverpool; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Anaheim, Calif., vs. Joseph Michael Beaver et al, Wellsville; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan of $84,064.78 Amanda M. Hopkins, Salem, to William K. Hopkins II, Salem; divorce sought Elizabeth A. Ross, Leetonia, vs. Jedidiah P. Ross, Leetonia; divorce sought DOCKET ENTRIES John Thomas, Lisbon, vs. Virginia Thomas, East Liverpool; case dismissed Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon, ...

Columbiana Arts Theater to produce first independent musical

COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana Arts Theater is producing its first ever musical independently. Also known as the CAT, the Columbiana Arts Theater located in the town square along Main Street has been gifted enough funding to produce the popular “1776” musical that is being locally directed by retired Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Mark Frost. Frost and CAT Chief Theater Director Shawn Theis visited Columbiana Council on Aug. 18 to discuss the upcoming musical and also share updates about the CAT. They shared that as of Aug. 1 the CAT is totally under the control of ...

Highway Patrol investigating fatal crash in Middleton Township

LISBON — The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is investigating a crash which left a Wellsville man dead in Middleton Township Monday. According to a press release, OSHP Post 15 in Lisbon is investigating a one-vehicle motorcycle crash which occurred on state Route 7 near mile post 19 at approximately 9:02 p.m. Monday. David Bell, 35, Wellsville, was traveling southbound on a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle which traveled off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail and overturned back onto the roadway. According to the release, Bell was not wearing a helmet at the time of the ...