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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set April 20 for Jonathan D. Cook, 42, Oak Street, Leetonia, charged with aggravated menacing, criminal damaging, resisting arrest, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly throwing a metal knife, an axe, a frying pan, a steel tumbler and car parts at the side of a neighboring residence in close proximity of a window that one of three victims was standing behind as he screamed profanities at all of them on April 6 on Oak Street, Leetonia. He then refused to exit his residence as Leetonia ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Ryan J. Kost, 28, state Route 14, New Waterford, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felonies of kidnapping and burglary, fourth-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor theft for allegedly ripping out the screen of a side window at a woman’s house in Columbiana and gaining entry after first unsuccessfully attempting to enter the front and rear doors of the house on March 28. According to the affidavit, once inside, he grabbed her and ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township KDC Properties V LLC to Premier Homes Inc, three-family dwelling on Meadowbrook Drive; $1,000,000 Patricia A. Culbertson to Aaron B. and Melody J. Kensinger, home on Georgetown Road; $172,000 Columbiana Gloria J. Souder to Anthony Marshall et al, condo on Springfield Road; $185,000 East Liverpool Kelly E. Penrod to Dennis A. and Ashley F. Jones Jr., home on Vine Street; $119,000 Hancock County Savings Bank FS to Susan Weaver, home on Northside Avenue; $40,000 Mike Vazqueztell Pa to Konnor Clark, home on Oliver Street; $174,500 East Palestine William Chick ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Marcus Lee White, 43, Mulberry Street, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly striking another man in the head multiple times with both punches and kicks which rendered him unconscious at the time police and EMS arrived in East Liverpool on March 25. Cases against William Ronald Payton, 21, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for two counts of fourth-degree felony ...

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Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old child last year pleaded guilty to second-degree felony sexual battery. Robert M. Pressley, 37, Manor Lane, entered the plea in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. He will face sentencing on May 18. A charge of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor will be dismissed. Pressley was accused of engaging in sexual activity with the child victim on June 29, 2025. Also in Common Pleas Court: — Sidni R. Livolsi, 37, Maplewood Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty ...

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Municipal LISBON—A Salem man is facing possible charges in Columbiana County Municipal Court for striking a woman in an East Liverpool business. A pretrial was set April 15 for Daniel Widger, 49, West Sixth Street, Salem, charged with assault and obstructing official business for allegedly striking a woman and subsequently refusing to identify himself to officers and claiming to be Mickey Mouse at Burger King in East Liverpool on Tuesday. Jena Whittington, 33, 18th Street, Wellsville, was fined $550 for possession of drug abuse instruments, obstructing official business, and ...