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2 days ago | starbeacon.com | Warren Dillaway

JEFFERSON — Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass are scheduled to perform 7 p.m. July 9 at First Congregational United Church of Christ. The band includes three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, percussion, and keyboards, said Marilyn Leehan, who helped coordinate the trip to Ashtabula County. kAm{6692? D2:5 D96 962C5 E96 8C@FA :?

3 days ago | starbeacon.com | Warren Dillaway

JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners approved three grants, worth more than $1.5 million, to assist the county in providing correction services. The grants will be used for community corrections, targeting community alternatives to prison and probation services, said Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court Administrator Kathy Thompson before the grants were accepted by the commissioners. kAm%96 8C2?ED H6C6 3C@<6?

3 days ago | starbeacon.com | Warren Dillaway

JEFFERSON — After discussing the results of a recent public hearing, the Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the move of Western County Court to Jefferson after a lease with the city of Geneva ends in September 2026. All three commissioners, J.P. Ducro, Casey Kozlowski and Kathryn Whittington, thanked those who came to last week’s hearing regarding the site of a consolidated court from the present Eastern and Western county courts.

3 days ago | starbeacon.com | Warren Dillaway

Temperatures ramping up to 80 degrees before the sun is too far over the horizon is providing area residents challenges as they try to stay cool. Early morning exercise was the order of the day on Monday for those residents seeking to beat the heat index that rose to 104, according to the National Weather ServicekAm$9256 H2D 2 G2=F23=6 4@>>@5:EJ 2D A6@A=6 E@@< E6?ED 2?5 @E96C D96=E6C:?8 >6492?:D>D E@ E96 36249 2E v6?6G2 $E2E6 !2C< 2?5 {2<6 $9@C6 !2C< :?

4 days ago | starbeacon.com | Warren Dillaway

GENEVA — City council held a special meeting early Monday to approve a 10-year bond to refinance a fire truck purchased five years ago. The fire truck will be financed for 10 years at a cost of $850,000 after a five year loan ended. An increase in interest rates from 2.6 percent to 4.74 percent necessitated a balloon payment of $94,000. kAm%96 a_a_ 4@F?4:= 564:565 E@ 8@ H:E9 2 7:G6\J62C =@2?[ 3FE ?66565 E@ DAC625 E96 4@DE @G6C `d J62CD D@ 2? 28C66>6?E H2D A2DD65 @?