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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set April 15 for Jason N. Hartsough, 48, state Route 558, New Waterford, charged with second-degree felony kidnapping and misdemeanors of assault and aggravated menacing for allegedly kidnapping a woman from the parking lot of Small Wonders Daycare in Columbiana and causing her to believe he would cause her serious physical harm by forcing her to a secluded area against her will while armed with a pistol. The Columbiana police affidavit said the victim was allegedly forced into the back of ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Daniel A. Smith, Coffee School Road, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Coffee School Road, Salem property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Alexis Trust, Campbell Road, Hanoverton; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Boyce Avenue, Wellsville property. Cheryl A. Heitzenrater, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, and Troy L. Heitzenrater, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem; dissolution sought. NewRez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Troy Richard Oyer, Rochester Road, Minerva, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — Brandi Jo Pasco, 47, Alliance, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for third-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly preparing for sale and possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on April 24, 2025. Nancymarie B. Garwood, 42, Vine Avenue, Salem, charged with possession of cocaine, aggravated possession of drugs, possession of a fentanyl-related compound and possession of drugs, all fifth-degree ...

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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 ...