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Neighborhood News May 22, 2026

Banquet in Salem will be held Memorial Day The Dine in or Drive Thru Banquet in Salem will be served from 5 p.m. until the food is gone Monday at the Salem Memorial Building. The menu will include hot dog, potato salad, baked beans, applesauce, fresh vegetables and fruit, cookies. Dine in will park in designated area behind the building and proceed to front door. Drive thru will line up in lot behind the building; one meal per individuals in the vehicle. No parking in the library lot. For information or to sponsor a Banquet call Patty Colian at 330-831-2169; visit ...

Commissioners undecided on piggy back homestead tax exemption

Local News May 22, 2026

LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners haven’t decided yet whether to enact what’s being called the piggy back homestead tax exemption, which could nearly double the current savings for property owners who qualify and receive the current homestead exemption. The issue was raised Wednesday by former county commissioner Dave Cranmer, who talked about the property tax relief enacted by the legislature and how the power was given to county commissioners on whether the homestead exemption relief should be granted. He explained that March 20 was the effective date for the rule ...

THE COURTS

Police and Court Reports May 22, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES Lacey Saling, West Main Street, Salineville, and Christopher M. Saling, state Route 45, Wellsville; dissolution sought. Christina N. Scranton, Austintown, and Levi Scranton, Jimtown Road, East Palestine; dissolution sought. Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Detroit, Mich., vs. Curtis L. Crank Jr., North Indiana Avenue, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for North Indiana Avenue, Salem property. Westlake Services, LLC, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Jason R. Cusick, Cameron Road, Wellsville, et al.; collection sought of alleged $16,650 debt. Jennifer Matos, Youngstown, ...

Despite low water level, rescue required at Guilford Lake

Local News May 22, 2026

GUILFORD LAKE — Not many are thinking about water rescues at Guilford Lake this year with the water level down 20 feet to replace the dam’s spillway. But it happened on Saturday when two deer got stuck in the mud and the wildlife officer who came to the rescue got the boat stuck. “We ...

Salem council names street in honor of Earle Bruce

Local News May 22, 2026

SALEM — A section of East Pershing Street has been given a new name in honor of a hall of fame coach. In its meeting Tuesday, city council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance which will give the section of East Pershing Street in front of Sebo Stadium between Lincoln and Ohio avenues the honorary designation “Earle Bruce Way” in memory of the eponymous hall of fame coach. As an honorary designation, the name change will not affect postal addresses and will simply be denoted with signage. The honorary designation was proposed by Salem Athletic Hall of Fame Chairman ...

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a 'severe illness'

Local News May 21, 2026

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No ...