WesBanco clients throughout Boardman Township received notification last week their personal data may have been hacked, including social security numbers. A notification bank clients received was not provided by the bank, but from Marquis Secure Processing Center, a data security company associated with WesBanco. The notification advised clients their accounts may have been hacked more than five months ago, on Aug., 2025 when “a third party accessed their database during a cyber security incident.” Data possibly obtained during the incident included dates of birth and social security numbers. It is unclear if any information obtained during the breach has been misused, Marquis said. WesBanco was formerly Premier Bank with offices located at 7525 Market St., in Boardman as well as others in Poland, Struthers, Youngstown and Canfield. A merger of the banking firms was completed in Feb., 2025 when WesBanco announced the acquisition “added approximately...Read More >>

     Meeting on Mon., Feb. 2, the Boardman Board of Education voted unanimously to place a 5.9 mill renewal property tax levy on the May ballot.
      The measure lost in the November general elections by seventh-tenths of one percent of all ballots cast, 3671 against the measure and 3570 for the proposal.
      The 5.9 mill issue generates some $4.2 million for the local school district.
      When placed on the Nov., 2025 ballot, the school board sought a ‘permanent’ levy that if approved would never again be voted upon.
      The 5.9-mill issue on this year’s primary ballot would create a revenue stream for five years, then again be placed before the electorate.
      The resolution approved by the school board says “the property tax revenue that will be produced by the 5.9 mills, assuming the...Read More >>

     St. James Episcopal Church on Glenwood Ave. in Boardman has announced “with heavy hearts that the leadership of the church has made the difficult decision to close our doors.
      “We did not come to this decision lightly, but after much prayer and discernment, we will celebrate our ministry with a final service on Sunday, February 15 at 10:00 a.m., with Bishop Anne B. Jolly presiding.”
      The closing is due to a decline in attendance and income.
      Members of St. James have been worshipping together since 1809, making it the oldest congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
      “This is the first episcopal church east of the Appalachians, originally founded in 1809 by people from Connecticut,” Parish Administrator Jeff Downey said. “They went for about 20 years, meeting in homes, and then a church here ab...Read More >>