State Route 45 reopens between Salem, Lisbon

State Route 45 reopensbetween Salem, Lisbon
SALEM -- State Route 45 between Salem and Lisbon, closed because of flooding in August, reopened about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Becky McCarty, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation.
ODOT expected the reopening would be today or Monday at the latest.
But a contractor working at the site was able to locate guardrails needed to complete the project. McCarty said the road was reopened right after the installation.
The road has been closed since late August, when heavy rains washed out the road and a large culvert beneath it.
More meetings setto view property values
LISBON -- Columbiana County Auditor Nancy Milliken has announced more meetings to show owners the new values of their property.
Values for property in Hanoverton and Hanover, Butler, Knox and West townships will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Winona Fire Hall in Winona.
Information on properties in Salineville and Franklin, Wayne, Washington, Madison and Yellow Creek townships will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Beaver Local High School.
The new rates were set under a mandatory revaluation of all property in the county.
People should bring a copy of their most recent real estate tax bill to look up their correct parcel numbers and to make sure the owner is receiving any allowed deductions.
No information will be available on individual tax bills.
Crestview High recycling
COLUMBIANA -- Crestview High School biology students will conduct a recycling collection from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the high school parking lot.
They will accept newspapers, catalogs, phone books, magazines, junk mail, school and office paper, paperback books, hard-cover books, cardboard of all types, copper and clean aluminum cans.
Biology teacher Kathy Cattrell said it is helpful but not required that items be separated by type.
Lisbon Inn robbery clue
LISBON -- Police hope a note written on a BP gas station receipt will provide clues to a robbery at the Lisbon Inn on state Route 154 near the Route 11 interchange.
Police are seeking two men who fled with about $200 they took from a night-shift clerk.
Police said two white men in their late 20s or early 30s with blond or light brown hair handed the desk clerk a note written on a BP receipt, demanding money about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They did not show a weapon, but one man kept both hands in his coat pockets. The men fled in a silver Chevrolet Cavalier.
Car burglaries at VFW
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Thieves used cinder blocks to break windows and get into two cars at the Hickory Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6166 on East State Street. Police said someone broke the car windows between 6 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and took two purses.
Thieves steal cigars
YOUNGSTOWN -- Burglars threw a large piece of concrete through a bulletproof window at Jump N Jacks, 2603 South Ave., and stole two boxes of cigars, reports show.
The break-in was discovered Thursday.
Police said a security door prevented entry to the main part of the store.
Catholic school benefit
CAMPBELL -- Four Catholic churches in the city will join forces to raise funds for St. Joseph the Provider School, the only parochial school remaining in Campbell.
St. John the Baptist Church will have a spaghetti dinner, bake sale and Chinese auction in its hall from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
St. Lucy Church will provide live Italian music during the dinner, and parishioners from St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph the Provider and St. Elizabeth will volunteer preparing and serving the meal.
Tickets cost $6 for adults, $3 for children under 12. Carryout is available.
St. Elizabeth's will also sell tickets for a raffle to be held in January.
Warren house burns
WARREN -- Firefighters are investigating a blaze at a 1356 Jefferson St. S.W. home.
The fire broke out around 5:15 p.m. Thursday in a bedroom of the 21/2-story wooden frame home.
No injuries were reported.