Wellsville News

Thursday marked the end of more than 30 years in law enforcement for Patrolman Dan Saracco, who has served with the Wellsville Police Department since 1979.

A small convoy of police vehicles cruised through the streets of Wellsville early Wednesday evening, as officers made their presence known in neighborhoods identified as zones of drug activity.

Gladys Jackson, age 83, formerly of Wellsville and East Liverpool died at Heritage Valley Health Systems in Beaver, Pa on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 following a brief illness.

Donald P. Dodson, 74, of Hillcrest Road in Wellsville, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, in the emergency room at East Liverpool City Hospital.

WELLSVILLE Richard Prince Sr., Wellsville is announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of his daughter, Hannah Prince, to Brandon Long, son of Jeff and Betsy Long, Lexington.

Helen graduated from Wellsville High School in 1945. She was a member of Eastern Star as well as a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Toronto.

Ruth graduated from Wellsville High School in 1963 and was a loving homemaker. She was Protestant by faith.

Village police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of May 18 outside Joe's Bar and Grill, at the corner of Main Street and 15th.

A lawsuit has been filed against Columbiana County Coroner Dr. William Graham Jr.

Storage tanks will be removed from the former Sterling China property in Wellsville as part of continuing efforts to clean up the site so it can be used by the village fire department.

John G. Short, 34, Elkton Road, Lisbon, was sentenced Friday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to four years in prison for two counts of trafficking in drugs and two counts of possession of drugs.

Liverpool Township Fire Department was notified at 10:18 p.m. by the city police department that the one-story frame house on Oakland Street was on fire, and firefighters arrived to find it engulfed.

In Columbiana County Municipal Court Thursday Ben T. Anthony, 28, Canton, was fined $900, had his license suspended for one year and was sentenced to 10 days in jail for OVI second offense and malfunctioning traffic signal.

Finance committee chair Diane Dinch urged fiscal caution on account of available general funds that are lower than the balance sheet would show due to village investments.

Trevor Heiney, the man who led police on a long high-speed chase in late October, pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Wednesday to robbery, failure to comply with a police officer and endangering children.

After a year of planning and fund raising, ground will be broken at 10 a.m. May 19 on a new Veterans Honor Roll in the village, listing the name of local people who have served in the military.

Roxie F. Murray 91 formerly of 2nd Street, Wellsville, Ohio died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Altercare of Alliance, OH, following a two year illness.

He was born August 5, 1950, in East Liverpool, a son of the late Clarence M. Flowers and the late Helen Groves.

Terry and Debbie Williams, East Liverpool, are announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lynn Ann Williams, to Jesse Joseph Shilot, son of Paul Shilot and Marguerite Smuck, both of Wellsville.

For the next three years, Americans will continue to mark the 150th anniversary of the darkest period in our nation's history - the Civil War.