Leetonia News

Lisa Besozzi, a middle and high school science teacher at Leetonia, will serve as a judge in the Analytical Chemistry division of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair of 2012 being held May 13-18 in Pittsburgh.

"The first ones came in about five weeks ago then they were coming in about every two to two and a half weeks," Valentine said.

In Columbiana County Municipal Court on Friday March 12 pretrials were set for Richard C. Warman, 47, Cleveland, and Scott A. Dackiewicz, 32, Lakewood, each charged with theft for allegedly taking about 500 gallons of water from the hydrant at the intersection of Cedar and West Chestnut Streets on Tuesday without consent of the village of Lisbon.

The Akron man who fled from the Leetonia police station was bound over to the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court grand jury Thursday after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Shirley Lee Graffius, 63, of Leetonia, died at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Salem Community Hospital.

At Tuesday's meeting, Valentine said he's received four reports in the past five weeks, two within the last week-and-a-half, of explosions which he can neither identify or pinpoint.

Kindergarten registration for students in the South Range Local School District will be taken the week of March 5-9. Parents of children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept.

The Leetonia Community Public Library will host a college fair from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Lance Newton, owner of Aarrow Disposal and a resident of the village, told council at their regular meeting that contracting with one company would be detrimental to the village.

At last week's Village Council meeting, Maple Street residents were assured they had little to worry about from those staying in the new homeless shelter that opened in their neighborhood.

After a tip from a citizen, Albert Bell, who escaped custody of Leetonia police last week, was arrested Tuesday, according to the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office.

That's what St. Paul School principal Patricia Bauman said Catholic schools are all about, with those three words resonating the theme for Catholic Schools Week which kicks off today.

Imagine sliding into a corner table in a dimly lit barroom and talking politics over a cold one with a future U.S. president.

Property tax bills for the first half of the year expected to be mailed out this week by the Columbiana County Treasurer's Office will reflect those changes, including self-inflicted increases in communities where voters approved new levies in 2011.

Marjorie Ann Winn, 69, of Leetonia, entered heaven to be with her Lord at 1:02 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.

While waiting to be booked at the Leetonia Police Department, Bell slipped out of his handcuffs and ran out of the police station and into a wooded area.

A search warrant executed at a Washington Street apartment complex last week has led to an ongoing investigation into heroin trafficking in the village.

Columbiana County Democrats will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center.

Albert Bell, 19, last known address on Market Street, Akron, is wanted on charges of fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property and third-degree felony escape after he fled the booking room at the Leetonia police station following his arrest for having a stolen car.

For a 3-year-old, a place to call home is a pretty big birthday gift, but that's exactly what Carli Simms and her family received Sunday from Habitat for Humanity of Northern Columbiana County.