Wellsville News

A search is under way for a man who struck a deputy with his vehicle, Columbiana County dispatchers said.

The members of Covenant Presbyterian Church and Wellsville village council have the blues when it comes to the 18th Street playground.

The East Liverpool License Bureau will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, but will be closed Saturday due to the July 4 holiday.

Gary Kretzler Jr, Slippery Rock, 23, was found guilty for OVI. He was issued a fine of $675 plus costs, a sentence of 90 days in jail with 80 day suspended.

Columbiana County Educational Service Center officials plan to start shopping around for health insurance after learning the price of their current policy will increase by 17.59 percent, costing an additional $26,000 per month.

As summer continues to fly by, members of the Columbiana County Fair Board are beginning to put some of the finishing touches on the upcoming county fair Aug.

In Magistrate Court Wednesday, James Campbell, 41, 10th Street Extension, was fined $350, sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 27 suspended, and placed on probation one year for physical control.

Scott McKinnon, 48, of 325 Moore St., East Liverpool, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for two counts of breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, from two separate indictments.

Chad Symons, 28, Reynoldsburg, pleaded not guilty to OVI first offense and lane violations; pretrial July 20.

A man who was denied a previous request to have a criminal charge against him dismissed had his case dropped after all.

Gary Meek, 5230 state Route 7, New Waterford, reported at 9:48 a.m. Sunday sometime overnight someone entered two of his vehicles and took a GPS unit from both vehicles along with change.

Garrett Presley, 16, 3784 Westville Lake Road, Beloit, was cited with assured clear distance at 12:15 p.m. Thursday after he reportedly lost control on Westville Lake Road in Knox Township, slid off the left side of the road and struck both a ditch and fence.

The Irondale Area Senior Club will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Following a covered dish dinner the meeting will start at 7 p.m.. Everyone 50 years or older & lives in Saline Twp is welcome to join.

Last Friday's search of suspected meth labs in Wellsville and Salineville resulted in charges being filed against a 45-year-old Wellsville man.

On Friday, the following cases were disposed of by the East Liverpool Municipal Court: Christy L. Bowersock, 34, Cusick Road, Lisbon - sentenced to 30 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined $50 and costs, placed on two years unsupervised probation for passing bad checks; sentenced to 30 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined $50 and costs ...

Oak Glen High School will present Sweeney Todd at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Monday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the little theatre.

In county Municipal Court on Monday, Joshua Gauding, 25, Lisbon Road, Leetonia, was sentenced to three days of traffic school, was fined $375 and had his driver's license suspended for six months for OVI first offense.

A Pennsylvania man agreed Friday in Columbiana County Municipal Court to be bound over to county Common Pleas Court for possible indictment on a grand theft auto charge.

In these tough economic times, many people are cancelling family vacations and looking for more affordable weekend getaways.

Nearly 30 percent of the land being sought for the Baard Energy project is the subject of a forfeiture action by the Columbiana County Prosecutor's Office, which has charged the owner with running a methamphetamine lab at the site.