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May 6, 2021 Members of the East Liverpool Masonic Lodge recently donated their time to clean up the grave site of Leonard Pickel. His grave is located in the Jethro Hollow area in the west end of East Liverpool. Pictured are (front) Bill Thorn, Tim Palmer, (back) Alexis McKinnon, Jim McKinnon, Jim Zimmerman, Dan Kirkbride, Keith McClester, Mark Wiley, Lance Angel and Jacob Dabler. In an article on the East Liverpool Historical Society website — written by Jenn Todd, a reporter for The Review...

COVID-19 delays repairs to sheriff’s office HILLSDALE — Needed repairs to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office building have been delayed by COVID-19 shutdowns.  The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners is awaiting a few different bid options from Foulke Construction with varying options to replace or repair a brick facade that has been damaged by freezing water over time since the office opened in the 1960s.  Options right now include repairing the existing brick facade or replacin...

Decisions yet to be made about courthouse renovations Hillsdale Daily News HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners continues work to finalize “realistic” numbers and renovation concepts for the main county courthouse which will eventually see the merger of the district court into the main courthouse and the sale of the annex building. This project began years ago when the county purchased the former Hillsdale Daily News building on McCollum Street in the city of Hillsdale ...

Don Reid dwreid@aol.com As the number of new COVID-19 infections fall, Branch-Hillsdale-St Joseph Health Agency has encountered community questions about restrictions, including restaurants limited to 25% capacity and schools not returning to full in-person instruction. Restrictions have become political topics. At the agency’s board meeting Thursday, St. Joseph County commissioner Jared Hoffmaster wanted to know if masks continue to be a requirement in schools. This came after Three Rivers w...

Sue S Wiley (MeeMaw) was born August 8, 1931 in Kingsville Texas to Walter and Velma Schreiber and met her savior face to face on February 4, 2021. She was married for 58 years to the love of her life, Bill Wiley. She was always active in serving her various church families in Fort Worth, Waco, Hampton Virginia, New Braunfels, Georgetown, Midland, and Edmond. Sue worked as realtor in New Braunfels and helped take the census in 1970. Her sewing skills were legendary as was her hospitality to fri...

HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners held lengthy discussion Tuesday on reopening county buildings to the public for regular business.Commissioner Doug Ingles brought forth a motion, supported by Commissioner Brad Benzing, to reopen the county offices building, the county courthouse and the courthouse annex effective 8 a.m. Jan. 19.Chairman Mark Wiley said that while no motion was ever made by the previous board to close the buildings, a "consensus" made it hap...

HILLSDALE — A mostly new board of county commissioners held their first regular business meeting Tuesday morning to discuss a number of agenda items.With four of the five commissioners being new to the board with the exception of Chairman Mark Wiley, one of the main topics of discussion was the county’s plan to merge all three of the court rooms into the main courthouse building.This project began years ago when the county purchased the former Hillsdale Daily News building on

HILLSDALE — The incoming board of county commissioners, with four new commissioners elected in November 2020, will begin work immediately to address structural integrity issues of the aging Hillsdale County Jail located at 165 W. Fayette Street in the city of Hillsdale.Foulke Construction Company was contracted to perform an invasive structural analysis in the winter months of 2020 and presented their report to the board of commissioners shortly thereafter. The analysis cost the county

Money From the very start, Englands 17th century colonies in America had a problem – a shortage of coins [T01] The British idea was to grow large amounts of tobacco, cut timber for the ships of their global navy and merchant marine, and so forth, sending in return the supplies they felt were needed to keep the Americans working. In effect, early colonists were supposed to both work for the company and shop at the company store. The investors and the Crown much preferred this to paying in coin...