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TUE/6-16 Boardman DARE Singles Group, bocce at Boardman Park, 5:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Canfield That Quilt Group I Belong To (TQGIBT), 7 p.m., Rotary Building at Fair Park on Oak Street; program includes a variety of events celebrating America’s 250th Birthday. Members should wear red, white, and blue and bring any patriotic quilts or wall hangings for Show and Tell. Members are also reminded to bring their heirloom blocks Number 1or 2 for their Block of the Month quilt. The group’s annual pot luck dinner will top off the celebration. Members are reminded to ...

Kleis Equipment employees, residents cleanup after tornado in Columbiana County

SALEM (WKBN) — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Salem last night. Residents across Columbiana County are left picking up the pieces of last night’s severe weather. Kleis Equipment mechanic Dan Recker recalls his morning when he realized a tornado barreled through. “I got some sleep, came to work, and half the building’s up against the trees in the woods,” Recker said. A confirmed EF-1 tornado touched down in Salem, meaning wind speeds were between 86 and 110 miles per hour. Alicia Miller, meteorologist with the National ...

County health district receives mosquito grant

LISBON — The Columbiana County Health District recently received a $20,000 mosquito grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Plans call for using half to host a tire collection event later this year and half for education, mosquito dunks, which can be used to kill mosquito larvae in standing water, and screen repair kits, according to district Environmental Director and Public Information Officer Laura Fauss. “We’re excited about that,” she said. Fauss talked about the grant during a meeting of the health district board, which accepted the grant. During her ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas DOCKET ENTRIES State of Ohio vs. David Anderson; case dismissed. Cheryl Heitzenrater and Troy Heitzenrater; dissolution granted. Court News LISBON - In Columbiana County Common Pleas court, Anastasha Blinn, 43, Maple Street, Lisbon, was placed on a treatment plan under the direction of the Columbiana County Adult Probation Department for two years after pleading guilty to counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing amphetamines on Nov. 7, 2024. Also in common pleas court: - Bailey Riddle, 24, Firestone Avenue, Columbiana, was ...