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Common Pleas New Cases Jaykobe Andrew Johnson, East Liverpool, and Sierra Lynn Johnson, East Liverpool; dissolution sought Tax Ease OH V LLC, Dallas, Texas, vs. Paul John Ice, Negley, et al; foreclosure sought on Allegheny Trail, Negley, property Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Orange, Califorinia, vs. Misty Gilbo et al; foreclosure sought on West North Avenue, East Palestine, property Brenda and David Halverstadt, Salem, vs. Estate of Stewart P. Weimer and Westfield Insurance Company, Westfield Center, Ohio; compensatory damages sought for vehicular crash Docket ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set June 10 for Ryan L. Pritt, 44, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing and domestic violence for allegedly threatening a man, saying he was going to kill him and his mother on May 26 in East Liverpool. A status conference/pretrial was set June 3 for John M. Corradi, 37, Midland, Pa., charged with domestic violence and aggravated menacing for allegedly being aggressive toward a woman and destroying a tire on her vehicle on March 9 in St. Clair Township. On May 17, he made statements ...

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Court News LISBON — A Youngstown man who attacked another man with a knife last year was sentenced to at least three years in prison to a possible four and a half years in prison for felonious assault. Grant Michael Goodballet, 27, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the second-degree felony charge. He entered a guilty plea to the charge in April. A third-degree felony charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case will be dismissed. Goodballet attacked the other man with a knife on Aug. 23, 2025 in East ...

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Court News LISBON — Brian Dean Tinker, 43. North Jefferson Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty to failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanor obstructing official business, with sentencing July 16. Another failure to comply charge will be dismissed. He ran a stop sign at East Pine and North Jefferson in Lisbon, then fled when police attempted a traffic stop, crashing into a house on Jefferson and fleeing from officers on foot on Nov. 3, 2025, finally stopping in the cemetery. — Brandon S. Myers, 52, Anderson Street, ...

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Butler Township Ronald P. and Carla J. Bates to Danielle M. and George W. Strawn, home on state Route 9; $285,000 Center Township Elizabeth J. Rainey (trustee) to Bradley and Zarah Suciu, 57.498 acre farm on U.S. Route 30; $250,000 TVT Devco I LLC to Futronics Inc, other commercial structures on Steubenville Pike Road; $45,000 Michael T. Foster to Allan McGivern, home on state Route 45; $225,000 Columbiana Kathy A. Seybert to Betsy McCoy, condo on Springfield Road; $178,500 East Liverpool Stefan B. Chappell and Ashley L. Curran to Ashley L. Curran, home on Florence Street; ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set May 26 for James W. Yacobucci, 55, Canton, charged with fifth-degree felonies of receiving stolen property and possession of drugs for allegedly being in possession of a stolen side-by-side and a plastic baggie with a crystal-like substance identified as methamphetamine on April 11 in East Rochester, West Township. A pretrial was set July 29 for Brittany Renee Lockhart, 32, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a man in the face in East Liverpool on ...