Leetonia News

Gary Holloway, 39939 Miller Road, Leetonia, reported at 11:04 a.m. Saturday he had parked his car behind his garage in mid-October and just went out to start it, when he found someone had damaged the edge of the driver's door and edge of the left front fender.

Township trustees approved at a special meeting Tuesday a change in construction plans for the free-standing building being erected on the old Fairfield School site.

The West Branch Local School District Board of Education will hold its organizational meeting at 6 p.m. Jan.

Men of Faith, comprised of men from more than 30 local churches, is organizing the Men's Rally in the Valley for May 8 at the Covelli Centre in downtown Youngstown.

A woman who lives on state Route 7, New Waterford, called for a deputy at 11:40 a.m. Monday because her 9-year-old daughter was acting unruly and struck her with a thrown bottle of lotion.

The Salem High School Class of 1955 will meet for lunch at noon Dec. 30 at Adele's Place.

Calvin Webb, 53, Center Street, Wellsville, was cited for reasonable control at 8:50 a.m. Saturday on state Route 39 in Washington Township after his southbound vehicle slid off the right edge of the roadway, struck a tree stump and overturned.

The Columbiana County Port Authority is borrowing an additional $700,000 to complete some projects.

Members of The Skills USA Welding and Manufacturing Club at the county Career and Technical Center were awarded a trophy and pizza party for collecting more than 1,900 toys for the Marine Toys for Tots drive.

The American Legion Post 131 in Leetonia recently donated $1,500 to the Leetonia Police Department and $500 to the Cherry Valley Coke Ovens Fund.

Richard Charles Robb, 64, of Idaho Road, Austintown, formerly of Columbiana, died at 7:50 p.m. Sunday at Hospice House, Poland.

Two 45 minute interactive presentations are planned at Crestview High School auditorium at 10:21 and 11:14 a.m. today.

The money had to be used for math and reading teachers, tutors, aides, and to assist special education teachers.

Clair Township, slid off the right side of the road into a ditch and overturned.

In County Municipal Court Monday, the man accused of forcibly taking a money bag from a woman outside of First National Community Bank in Lisbon was bound over to the grand jury by Judge Mark Frost.

A new organization, Forty Plus Single , will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Leetonia Library on Walnut Street.

A Leetonia man who had previously been accused of killing his 7-week-old son in July 2007 will be spending five years in a state correctional facility on a charge of endangering children.

Columbiana County election officials used their hands, pencils and paper to recount at least 5 percent of the votes in three close races for Salem council at large, Leetonia school board and Beaver Local school board, but the results remained the same Thursday.

Village residents may see an increase in their sewer bills in 2010. Village Council Wednesday night passed the first reading of an ordinance that will raise residents' minimum monthly sewer rates to $39.95 for 2,000 gallons of waste water, a difference of over $2. Billing for each additional 1,000 gallons will also increase, from $0.93 to $2.55.

A former Leetonia man imprisoned since 2007 for attacking his former wife with a broken beer bottle recently asked to withdraw his guilty plea, but the judge denied the request.