THE COURTS

March 21, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set March 30 for Austin Michael Bowers, 30, North Market Street, East Palestine, charged with pandering obscenity involving a minor, a second-degree felony, for allegedly transmitting videos featuring children engaging in sexual activity from his account onto other platforms. According to an affidavit, investigators executed a search warrant at his East Palestine home on March 18 and confirmed the videos came from his account. On Aug. 21, 2025 he was allegedly flagged by Dropbox for allegedly ...

THE COURTS

March 20, 2026

Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Lester S. McNeil, Hunters Camp Road, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Hunters Camp Road, Lisbon property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Nicholas D. Drayer, Highland Avenue, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Highland Avenue, Salem property. Melissa Anne Christen, Elm Drive, Wellsville, vs. David W. Christen, Florence Drive, Wellsville; divorce sought. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Westlake Village, Calif., vs. Jonathan D. Cook, Oak Street, Leetonia, et al.; mortgage ...

THE COURTS

March 19, 2026

Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond Franklin Shahan Jr., Stephen Drive, Minerva, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Stephen Drive, Minerva property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond W. Koch, state Route 644, Salineville, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 644, Salineville property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond Franklin Shahan Jr., Stephen Drive, Minerva, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Stump Road, Minerva property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Jay Allen Osborne, ...

THE COURTS

March 18, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Jessy Paul Lee, 35, Chester, W.Va., was bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, abduction and grand theft auto for allegedly holding a woman against her will, punching her in the face multiple times then holding a knife to her throat while they were traveling in a vehicle in East Liverpool on Feb. 17. During a preliminary hearing, Judge Tim McNicol found probable cause to send the case to the grand jury. The affidavit said the victim was able to pull the vehicle over on West Fifth Street ...

THE COURTS

March 17, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set March 30 for Caleb Austin Hoggard, 23, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with assault and aggravated menacing for allegedly punching another man in the face and brandishing a knife on Jan. 19 in East Liverpool. A pretrial was set April 1 for Shawn Robert Watson, 25, Dogwood Circle, New Waterford, charged with aggravated menacing, endangering children, failure to stop after an accident and reasonable control. After an alleged physical dispute on March 13 in New Waterford, a woman said she was going ...

THE COURTS

March 16, 2026

Common Pleas New Cases Candy Kornack, Crestview Road, New Waterford, vs. Rose Kornack, Depot Road, Lisbon; divorce sought. Rickey E. Cochran Jr., Depot Road, Salem, and Ceri M. Evans, Depot Road, Salem; dissolution sought. Security Credit Services LLC, Cincinnati, vs. Natalie Dalrymple, 11th Street, Wellsville; collection sought of alleged $15,689 debt. Docket Entries Jessica Bushee and Tyler Bushee; dissolution granted. Victor M. Carroce and Ashley N. Carroce; dissolution granted. Servis One, Inc. Vs. Lisa A. Dorsey, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for East ...