THE COURTS

January 10, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Jan. 14 for Preston Lamar English, 32, Densmore Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with first-degree felonies of aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery, fifth-degree felony having weapons while under disability and two counts of misdemeanor aggravated menacing. English was accused of allegedly climbing through the window of an East Liverpool residence on Dec. 9, 2025, brandishing a firearm toward a man and woman, making several threats while pointing the firearm toward them and taking ...

Courts

January 9, 2026

Grand Jury LISBON — A Salineville man accused of running over a deputy’s foot and fleeing after an incident when he allegedly threatened another man in the Spring Valley Road area in 2020 was one of 15 defendants openly indicted this week. Scott M. Haines, 51, state Route 164, was charged with felonious assault, a first-degree felony, third-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and criminal damaging. Haines was accused of allegedly running over a deputy’s foot after being stopped in the Spring ...

Courts

January 9, 2026

Common Pleas New Cases Olivia Jo Oiler, Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool, vs. Cody Allen Oiler, Thompson Avenue, East Liverpool; divorce sought. Mincie M. Hull, East Fourth Street, Salem, vs. Brent A. Hull, Salem-Alliance Road, Damascus; divorce sought. PennyMac Loan Services LLC, Westlake Village, Calif., vs. Donnie Michael Mergenthaler, Maryland Avenue, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Maryland Avenue, Salem property. Docket Entries Rocket Mortgage, LLC vs. Danielle Dawes, et al.; foreclosure vacated, case dismissed. Truist Bank vs. Ahmad Mourra; $48,886 judgment ...

Courts

January 7, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES Dana Sue Rapp, Brown Street, Lisbon, and Shawn Ray Rapp, North Market Street, Lisbon; dissolution sought. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Westlake Village, Calif., vs. Jacob N. Brown, East Third Street, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for East Third Street, Salem property. NewRez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Walter Clutter, state Route 267, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for state Route 267, East Liverpool property. Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Sartell, Minn. vs. Susan Fader, old state Route 344, Leetonia; collection sought of ...

Courts

January 6, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES Lake A. Baum, West Park Avenue, Columbiana, and Nicole M. Baum, West Salem Street, Columbiana; dissolution sought. Newrez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Jaclyn Dawn Edelstein, Seventh Street, Columbiana, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Fishers, Ind., vs. Brandon Thomas, Woodland Drive, Columbiana, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. DOCKET ENTRIES Salem Community Hospital, doing business as Salem Regional Medical Center, vs. Darrin R. Bloor; $18,471 judgment granted to plaintiff. Peter J. Mudrack, et al. vs. Quality Oil ...

REAL ESTATE

January 3, 2026

Butler Township Mark D. and Duane A. Lynn to Griffin Ray Bardo, home on Shelton Road; $150,000 Joseph K. Crowe to Vitaliy Kovalevych et al, home on Terraho Drive; $393,500 Columbiana Mathew and Victoria Rhodes to Aaron A. Tyger, home on West Friend Street; $188,500 East Liverpool Trevor Rentals LLC to Eric McFarland, home on Blakeley Street; $30,400 Larry M. Davis to Ryan S. Turner, home on Holliday Street; $15,000 East Palestine JB&D Holdings LTD to Justin Moffatt, home on Park Avenue and other residential structures on South Street; $193,000 Melanie Davis to Frank ...