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Municipal LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Ryan Smith, 33, Fisher Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $1,115 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with $500 of the fine suspended, for OVI and left of center, with 40 hours community service ordered. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted. Jaime Anne Rickerd, 39, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was fined $350 and sentenced to 14 days in jail, with credit for 14 days already served, leaving no time to serve ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Sept. 2 for Anthony J. Lopshansky, 42, Woodland Avenue, Columbiana, charged with fourth-degree felony domestic violence and third-degree felony strangulation. Bond was set at $20,000 cash or surety and he was ordered to have no contact with the victim or any firearms or weapons. He was accused of placing his hands around a woman’s throat and striking her in the face, causing her to fall back, then grabbing her by the throat a second time after an argument on Aug. 25 in Columbiana. A preliminary ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Meghan A. McElroy, 33, Maple Hill Road, Salineville, were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felonies of grand theft of a motor vehicle and disrupting public services and misdemeanors of criminal trespass and drug paraphernalia for allegedly running from a truck with a large amount of stolen AT&T wire from Spring Hill Cemetery and tools and also possessing and dropping a hypodermic syringe after fleeing from Spring Hill Cemetery, all on Aug. 14 in Wellsville. A charge of third-degree felony ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC vs. Sandy L. House, Stookesberry Road, Lisbon, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. Brandon Grieves, Beaver Fall, Pa., vs. Linda Haustman, Bell School Road, East Liverpool; damages sought for personal injury claim from June 2026 dog bite incident. Lake Tomahawk Property Owners Association, Inc., Pontiac Trail, Negley, vs. Linda L. McKenzie, also known as Linda L. Lower, Chippewa Trail, Negley, et al.; collection sought of alleged $17,793 for unpaid assessments and fees and foreclosure sought on ...

REAL ESTATE

East Liverpool John Phillip Muslovski et al to Chancellor A. Lamm, home on Lisbon Street; $99,000 Liverpool RE Hold Co LLC to Aspen Glen Propco LLC, nursing home on Selfridge Street; $6.5 million Frankie D. and Courtney Newman to Kendra Marie Greaves, home on Martin Street; $115,000 Leetonia Marcia G. Keeler to Edward Hayes Jr., home on Walnut Street; $315,000 Perry Township Donald J. Brahm to Luann Lippiatt, condo on Canterbury Lane; $85,000 Salem Township Sarah E. Bowman to Miller Investments LLC, home on Miller Road; $151,000 St. Clair Township R&T Green Realty LTD AN ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — Drug defendants were served recently with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. Helmut E. Purvis, 66, Samuel Street, East Liverpool, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 15, 2025. Duallen J. Stanford, 33, state Route 170, Negley, was charged with possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing cocaine on Oct. 6, 2024. Common Pleas NEW CASES Trina D. Clark, Oliver Street, East Liverpool, vs. Jeffrey C. Clark, McKee Street, ...