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Grand Jury LISBON — An East Liverpool man was served Monday with a secret indictment for multiple drug counts. Shane Lee Potts, 36, Avondale Street, East Liverpool, was charged with third-degree felony having weapons while under disability, second-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs, fourth-degree felony possession of a fentanyl-related compound, fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of drugs for an incident Oct. 10, 2025. Potts allegedly possessed a firearm when he was prohibited from having one due to ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Goshen Township Police in Mahoning County called at 2:35 p.m. Saturday to request a Columbiana County deputy do a welfare check on one of their township residents who made statements of self harm and was at a residence on Heritage Drive, Knox Township. The deputy spoke with the person who was fine and was with family members. The person also called Goshen Township Police and they don’t want to have contact with the person. — A deputy was dispatched at 1:46 p.m. Saturday to Bandy Road, Knox Township for a crash notification from a cell phone. The homeowner ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Orange, Calif. vs. Brian J. Hamilton, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Hillcrest Road, Wellsville property. Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Inc., Warren, vs. Nicholas C. Checkler, Taylor Road, Rogers; collection sought of alleged $22,133 debt, plus $3,409 interest. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Orange, Calif. vs. Jeremiah A. Dalton, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool property. Citizens Bank, Glen Allen, Va., vs. ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Harvey R. and Deborah L. Price Sr. to Emily Roth and Mitchell Prendergast, home on U.S. Route 62; $320,000 Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Country Club Drive; $111,000 Center Township Delvyn L. and Lois E. Martin to Jerimiah and Laryn Creighton, 28.613-acre farm on Lisbon Road; $550,000 Columbiana Total Generation Services LLC to KDC Properties V LLC, other commercial structures on East Park Avenue; $330,000 Benjamin and Pamela J. Johnston to Matthew and Kristian Land, home on Parkview Drive; $420,500 William E. and Diana L. Hartwig ...

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Municipal LISBON — An East Liverpool woman is facing potential charges in Columbiana County Municipal Court for an alleged attack on a minor. A pretrial was set May 20 for Miranda Hull, 25, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence, endangering children, and aggravated menacing. The charges of domestic violence and endangering children stem from an incident in East Liverpool on May 5 when she allegedly grabbed a juvenile family member by the shirt and threw them across the sidewalk, and beat them about the head, face and body unprovoked before leaving them ...

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Court News LISBON — A Wellsville man accused of trying to harm a woman and damaging her car window last year was sentenced to 10 months in prison. James B. Oiler, 42, First Street, Wellsville, entered guilty pleas to fourth-degree felony aggravated assault, and misdemeanors of assault and criminal damaging earlier this year in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, with the aggravated assault charge a lesser offense of felonious assault, a second-degree felony. He was accused of purposefully driving his vehicle left of center to strike a vehicle driven by a woman on Birch Road in ...