Lisbon News

Curves may have headed out of town, but there's no need to feel down, because now there's a place there called the YMCA.

Patrolman Steve LaRosa, whose parked Salem police cruiser was struck by a Norfolk Southern train last weekend, will receive an internal written reprimand for his actions.

The warm glow of the Brian's Barbershop sign continued to glow over the village's historic district Friday night, its owner cleared of all charges facing him.

The Jefferson County grand jury returned indictments Wednesday against a Lisbon man for stealing his murdered father's truck and credit cards, and several convicted sex offenders who failed to report their addresses to the sheriff.

Quinn Chevrolet-Buick apparently closed Friday, leaving officials at the Columbiana County Board of Elections scrambling to keep the dealership open as a polling place for yesterday's election.

Veteran East Liverpool police officer Det. Don Fickes received some attention he wasn't expecting Monday - a plaque recognizing his excellence in the line of duty from Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron.

A Rochester woman reported at 10:17 p.m. Wednesday that she left her truck for sale at George's Auto in East Rochester, returned a week later to move it and discovered someone had removed the plates.

Leetonia resident Kay Mangus shared her scars from domestic violence with a roomful of people Thursday, then let them go with the release of a single purple balloon, surrounded by others who did the same.

Two men charged in separate rape cases made appearances in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Friday, with one pleading innocent and the other ordered to provide saliva samples for DNA testing.

The Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce is running low on funds, which were drained by renovation of the organization's new headquarters.

Fred R. Jennings, 80, of state Route 517 died at 2:10 p.m. Monday at Salem Community Hospital.

Article Photos COLUMBIANA-Erika Sue Brewer became the bride of Mark Birmingham Jr.

Kara Chevront reported Thursday she was moving from a house on Y&O Road, East Liverpool, and the owner threatened to gut the home after she left.

A tanker truck hauling 6,300 gallons of hot asphalt wrecked on a sharp bend at the intersection of state routes 164 and 518 Thursday, spilling nearly the entire load onto the ground.

SALEM a ' A Lisbon man is still recuperating in the hospital after being hit and dragged more than 250 feet while he was riding a motorized bicycle.

Edward Hough, 45, Church Hill Road, Lisbon, was charged with domestic violence and resisting arrest and Vicki Hough, 49, same address, was taken into custody on two outstanding warrants at 5:54 p.m. Thursday.

Pregnant women with prior doctor referrals and health care workers who deal directly with patients can begin receiving the H1N1 vaccine this week at free clinics sponsored by the Columbiana County Health Department.

One of the nation's greatest presidents visited the village for an hour Thursday evening to share the story of his life.

Village council approved first reading of ordinances designed to free the village of the flood zone properties gained when the federal government purchased them from the landowners a few years ago.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol's Lisbon Post is trying to stop crashes before they happen with the Township Accident Reduction Program-- or TARP.