Columbiana News

The Columbiana school board accepted the resignations of both Superintendent Ronald Iarussi and high school principal Tim Saxton at its regular meeting Tuesday night.

The city's next police chief is hoping to make Columbiana a better place for residents to live and a better town in which police can work.

Fourth of July festivities kicked off Saturday morning in Canfield with its annual parade.

John T. Theil, Sr., 74, died suddenly Friday evening at his home. Mr. Theil was born July 27, 1934 in Monaca, PA, son of John S. and Mary Rill Theil and had lived in Leetonia most of his life.

The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus will perform at the Maag Outdoor Arts Theatre in Boardman Township Park at 8pm tonight followed by fireworks.

County commissioners aren't going to be the only ones feeling the pain from a 15 percent cut in state Local Government Fund money.

Deputies were called to Geary's impound lot on state Route 344 in Columbiana Saturday where they found two people inside and two people outside the fence.

The Columbiana Area Chamber of Commerce will once again host its Fourth of July celebration Saturday.

James Earl Black, 64 of Windrose Court, Columbiana, died at 7:50 a.m. Saturday at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland.

Channel 3 Weather Bulletin: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is active for CARROLL, COLUMBIANA AND TUSCARAWAS until 11:00 PM, A Flash Flood Watch is active for most of northern Ohio until 10:00 AM....More severe weather is expected later tonight, stay tuned to Channel 3 and WKYC.COM for the latest.

Robert G. Bell, 83, of 238 Park Place, Columbiana, Ohio, passed away at 5:31 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at Salem Community Hospital.

There will be one less candidate for Columbiana City Council in the Nov. 3 election following Don Johnson's withdrawal from the race.

Salem police are investigating what appears to be an accident involving an AMTRAK train.

Chad Schlernitzauer, Canton, reported at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday that he was trying to repossess a vehicle at a home on state Route 45, Lisbon, and the family blocked the driveway with a large rock and threatened him, mentioning a weapon.

In county Municipal Court on Thursday, a Salem man was placed on $10,000 bond on a charge of domestic violence.

The principal of Columbiana High School will be moving on to a new job after being named Thursday night as the superintendent of Brookfield Local Schools.

The Humane Society in Columbiana county is becoming a "no kill" shelter. The change was proposed by new executive director, and Society president Jenny Pike took it under consideration.

Some residents in Columbiana county feel left out by their lack of cable and high speed internet service.

Testimony continues in a Columbiana County Courtroom. In the civil case of the family of Lisa Kay Smith versus two Columbiana City electrical workers, Gary Holloway and James Sturgeon.

The electrocution death of a newspaper carrier on May 22, 2004, will become the subject of a jury trial scheduled to start this morning against the city of Columbiana by the victim's mother.