Austinburg News

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 10 guns from seven target shooters Sunday evening when an errant bullet struck a vehicle on Interstate 90, OHP Trooper Chris Thayne said.

The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to open the Austinburg sanitary sewer project for bids.

Charges are ahead for an Austinburg couple too drunk to care for their young children properly over the weekend, according to Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department deputies.

As a musician, songwriter, producer and music publisher, Ashtabula native David Allds is involved in many aspects of the music industry.

The following communities have scheduled times for Halloween trick or treat. If your area is not listed contact your local officials.

After many months of debate and study, the Austinburg Township sanitary sewer project received unanimous support from Ashtabula County commissioners at Tuesday afternoon's regular meeting.

A deer on Interstate 90 didn't have a chance Sunday night as numerous cars hit the animal before help could arrive, said Ohio Highway Patrol Dispatcher Sharon Bradley.

WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon WALLY IS all dressed up in his pirate's costume Saturday at the Boo Wow Walk at Maple Ridge Golf Course.

The county's budget analyst, James Hardin, has stepped down to part-time hours as a result of health issues.

The fifth-grade Geneva Elementary School student who took a knife to school did not threaten other students, or herself, with the weapon, Geneva police reports show.

Glancing at snapshots of a rescued dog, Ashtabula County Humane Society agent Donna Yan did a double-take. "I actually had to ask if the dog in the picture is the same dog we dropped off a couple of months ago," Yan said.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon AMANDA ENSMAN, left, and Keith O?Connell, residents of Austinburg Township who will be affected by the mandated sewer project, are sworn in along with other residents who planned to give testimony during the final public hearing on the project Tuesday evening.

Trailer Choir is the most successful group signed to country superstar Toby Keith's Show Dog Records.

Tough times call for tough measures, but cooperation and teamwork doesn't have to be tough, Geneva Fire Chief Doug Starkey said.

A Great Dane as a zebra, a dachshund as an inmate, a golden retriever with a baby bottle - all is spooky, silly and kooky at the Ashtabula County Animal Protective League Boo Wow Walk, event co-chairwoman Gitta Racinskas said.

An innovative dirt and clay basin along I-80 in Mahoning County will keep hazardous spills out of a reservoir that supplies drinking water to more than 300,000 people.

On a cool morning earlier this week, a stray, gray kitten curled up to sleep under the hood of a car.

Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County celebrated a "great experience" during its 21st annual Best of the County Awards Dinner Tuesday evening.

MARGIE PAGE / Star Beacon HIS HAIR may be blonde, but Jack Hopkins thinks pink Sunday at the annual Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure at Geneva High School.

BILL WEST / Star Beacon THIS IS one of four kittens found in a cardboard box on the side of a road that will be available for adoption.