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Salem — Officers responded to the 400 block of Washington Avenue at 9:15 p.m. Saturday in reference to a vehicle striking a utility pole then leaving the scene. Officers found the vehicle at nearby residence with wood from the pole still lodged in its fender. The owner and her son claimed a friend had been driving, but failed to provide proof of the driver. The vehicle was towed and will be impounded until a driver is identified. — Officers were speaking with a woman on station at 5:59 p.m. Saturday in reference to a domestic dispute and observed a syringe in a pants pocket. The ...

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U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...

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Court News LISBON — A man accused of discharging a firearm improperly in 2023 was recently sentenced to an indefinite term of two to four years in prison during sentencing for three separate indictments in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Brandon R. Moore, 23, Annsley Road, East Liverpool, received concurrent sentences, meaning all the time will be served at the same time as the two to four years, with credit for 210 days served. Charges for the sentence included improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school zone, a second-degree felony, third-degree ...

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MON/8-17 Beloit West Branch school board, 6 p.m., high school media center Boardman DARE Singles Group, meet at DQ on Market Street, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Chester Family Care Ministries Annual Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., 2860 Pyramus Road Columbiana Historical Society of Columbiana and Fairfield Township to host “An Evening with Sojourner Truth” presented by Eddie Murphy of Wellsville, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 28 E. Park Ave.; free to the public East Liverpool East Liverpool High School Classes of 1949-50, noon, Chef Ray’s on St. Clair ...

Democrats disagree over abolishing or reforming ICE at DNC meeting

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats on Saturday approved dueling messages on whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished or reformed, reflecting sharp opposition to President Donald Trump’s crackdown but revealing disagreement in the party ahead of the midterms. The ...