SALEM — The annual Quakertown Super Kids soap box derby raced through Salem Saturday. The annual event celebrated its 20th anniversary in Salem. It has been held on the first Saturday in June every year since 2006 when it was brought to Salem by Race Director Janet Keene and her husband ...
Municipal LISBON — A woman charged as a fugitive from justice waived extradition to Pennsylvania for a charge of felony attempted homicide. Kimberly Rexroad, 48 Pennsylvania Avenue Extension, East Liverpool was taken into custody during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Friday. The incident in question apparently happened in May, according to documents from Allegheny County and Pitcairn Police Department. Rexroad appeared Friday in Columbiana County Municipal Court for local charges, with a pretrial set June 15 for charges of obstructing official business and drug paraphernalia ...
MON/6-8 Beloit West Branch school board, 5 p.m., high school library; executive session at 5:30 p.m., no action to be taken. Calcutta Beaver Local school board, 7 p.m., 8th grade pod. East Liverpool Preschool Story Time, 6 p.m., Carnegie Public Library Community Room East Palestine East Palestine Library, Sink or Float presented by PBS Western Reserve, 11 a.m.; Exploring Optical Illusions presented by PBS Western Reserve, 1 p.m. Eagles kitchen open 4-8 p.m., chicken quesadilla and spanish rice $8; 330-886-0397 Town &Country Garden Club of East Palestine, 6 p.m., First ...
A proposed constitutional amendment to consider abolishing property taxes in Ohio won’t be on the Nov. 3 ballot because the group collecting signatures has again failed to get enough people to sign petitions. This is the second year in a row that the Committee to Abolish Ohio Property Taxes, also called AxOhioTax, tried to qualify for the ballot as it failed to do so in 2025. Brian Massie, a leader of the group, announced Friday on Ohio Political News, a right-wing political podcast, that not enough signatures were collected. The group had to submit petitions with 413,488 valid ...
Salem — Officers checked several locations around the city Friday for reported fireworks. Nobody setting off fireworks was located. — A man threatening to physically assault people was reported in the 500 block of Continental Drive at 5:44 p.m. Friday. Officers spoke with all parties involved, who declined to pursue any criminal charges, and the man left the residence for the remainder of the evening. — A dog reportedly escaped a fenced yard and attacked a woman and her dog in the 100 block of West Fourteenth Street at 4:15 p.m. Friday. The woman and their dog were both ...
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 ...
