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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Jan. 7 for Dale Kenneth Lefebvre, 55, Wells Hollow Road, Wellsville, charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, for allegedly grabbing a woman and throwing her at a coffee table after an argument, causing a deep cut to her forehead when her head hit the corner of the table on Jan. 1 in Yellow Creek Township. A preliminary hearing was set Jan. 7 for Robert J. McLaughlin Jr., 65, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly shoving a ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Jan. 7 for Zachary A. Taylor, 37, Rose Drive, Lisbon, charged with three counts of criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at a property on state Route 45 in Center Township on June 14, 2025, again on June 27, 2025 and on July 1, 2025. He had been trespassed from the property in April 2025. A probation violating hearing was also set for Jan. 7 for Taylor for a 2025 case of unlawful restraint and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia. A pretrial was set March 18 for Nickole E. Sears, 41, Faulk ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Dorian Lowrey, 50, Enon Valley, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felony domestic violence, two counts of fifth-degree violation of a protection order and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and criminal trespass. Lowrey was accused of allegedly violating a protection order by being on a protected person’s property, sitting in her car inside the garage in Unity Township on Dec. 20. On Aug. 20, he was accused of allegedly throwing a cell phone at a woman who has an active ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Adam R. and Brittni French to Annie June Fazier, home on Depot Road; $170,000 John P. Bailey and Osborn Kimber to John P. Bailey and Kimberly Sue Osborn, 46.972 agricultural vacant land on Carey Road; $5,6000 Columbiana A&H Investments of Columbiana to Elite Welding Supply & Tool Company, commercial warehouses on North Main Street; $285,000 East Liverpool Jen-Pierre Daniel to BT East Liverpool LLC, automotive service station on St. Clair Avenue; $900,000 Jerry L. Malone III to Harry Thomas McClements III, home on Michigan Avenue; $15,000 Brad L. Goodballet ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. E’deana McBane, Bill Smith Road, Wellsville; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 45, Lisbon property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. C. Richard Spahr, Annesley Road, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool property. Marcus G. Chestnut, state Route 517, Lisbon, vs. Nichole L. Chestnut, old state Route 344, Leetonia; divorce sought. American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah, vs. Michael S. Plunkett, McCormick Run Road, Lisbon; ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of firing a shot while a woman was running towards a home in June was served Saturday with a secret indictment for multiple charges, including felonious assault. Gary F. McCabe, 52, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was secretly indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for the felonious assault charge, a second-degree felony, with a firearm specification, and misdemeanors of assault, aggravated menacing and discharge of a firearm on or near a prohibited premises. McCabe was accused of allegedly causing or attempting to cause physical ...