Washingtonville News

A gift of holiday music resounded throughout the First United Methodist Church in Salem Sunday afternoon as six choirs blended their voices for a rousing rendition of "Hallelujah" from Handel's Messiah.

Along state Route 14, between Washingtonville and Salem, motorists may notice a message from Jesus.

In county Municipal Court Monday, James Moore, 20, 933 Cedar Alley, Wellsville, was bound over to Common Pleas Court on a breaking and entering charge after waiving his rights to a preliminary hearing.

Police responded to East State Street at 11:46 am. Wednesday regarding a report of a reckless driver traveling on state Route 14 from Washingtonville.

In county Municipal Court on Tuesday, a Salem man was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail for OVI second offense, no motorcycle endorsement and failure to control.

WASHINGTONVILLE a ' Witmera TMs Inc., state Route 14, is collecting nonperishable food items until Friday to be donated to area food banks for distribution to the needy at Thanksgiving.

A local baseball coach attended Monday night's regular Village Council meeting to request a baseball field be installed at the village's proposed park.

Caithlynne Godocsik, 20, Negley, was seriously injured at 7 p.m. Sunday on Vale Road in Middleton Township after she pulled her vehicle north from a stop sign at the intersection with state Route 154 and drove into the path of a westbound vehicle driven by Ronald Reidy Jr., 45, Dyke Road, Rogers.

The organization dedicated to protecting the Little Beaver Creek is seeking the support of local communities in obtaining a state grant to help in continuing those efforts.

Former AT&T-Ohio Bell Telephone Operators will meet for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Nov.

Robert Lee Cannon, 66, formerly of Lisbon died at 3:02 PM Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Hospice House in Poland.

The village, in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Transportation , will host a community open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov.

Police responded to the 100 block of W. 3rd St. at 10:31 a.m. Sunday police responded to a domestic in progress and found it was an argument between a male and female over an infant.

The county has reached a tentative agreement to resume purchasing water from Salem, three years following an acrimonious split over the prison water contract.

Village Council purchased a new truck at its regular meeting Monday night. Purchased from Donnell Ford in Salem for $15,490, the pickup is a 2010 F 150 that will be used for both the street and water departments.

In the Leetonia school board race on Nov. 3, five candidates will battle for three seats.

Five-year-old Nick Michaels of Washingtonville received a boost from arborist Kurt Magnello of the Mahoning Valley Tree Co-op to pick that perfect colored leaf at the Leetonia-Washingtonville Area Chamber of Commerce's fall fun day and chili cook-off in Wick Park over the weekend.

The village is moving closer to restoring the Cherry Valley Coke Ovens. At its regular meeting Wednesday night, Village Council created an advisory commission to oversee the project, which would not only restore the ovens and railroad car isles to their original state, but reconstruct an original barn to house an industrial museum and study space, ...

Village officials were shocked at the regular village council meeting Monday night when a valued member of the police force suddenly resigned.

WHEN: noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 WHERE: Wick Park REGISTRATION: $7 for crockpot of chili; $12 for cornhole team; call Suzanne Tobuck at 330-427-6188 LEETONIA- Everybody it seems has their own "special" recipe for chili that goes back generations.