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Common Pleas NEW CASES Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc., Warren, Ohio, vs. James J. Jones Jr., East Liverpool; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Anaheim, Calif., vs. Joseph Michael Beaver et al, Wellsville; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan of $84,064.78 Amanda M. Hopkins, Salem, to William K. Hopkins II, Salem; divorce sought Elizabeth A. Ross, Leetonia, vs. Jedidiah P. Ross, Leetonia; divorce sought DOCKET ENTRIES John Thomas, Lisbon, vs. Virginia Thomas, East Liverpool; case dismissed Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon, vs. ...

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Municipal Court LISBON — A New York man was fined in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday after attempting to help a federal prisoner escape incarceration with a drone. Nathan Lund, 34, Beach Avenue, Port Jefferson, New York, was sentenced to three days in jail with credit for three days served and fined $150 for criminal trespass for entering the property of the FCI Elkton Prison without permission on June 18, 2026. Lund was found outside of a U-Haul in the facilities entrance wearing a black chest rig with a hand-held control device for a large drone in an attempt to assist ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Arin Noel Altomare, Parkview Drive, Columbiana, and Teresa Lynn Newsome Altomare, Columbus; dissolution sought. Pamela Hough, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, vs. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus, and West Branch Nursing Home LTD, doing business as Pleasant View North Retirement Center, Warren; one case for appeal of claim denial and one case for a refile of 2025 case. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Orange, Calif. vs. Cynthia R. Smith, also known as Cynthia R. Temple,, North Market Street, Lisbon, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for North ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Travis M. and Jennifer R. Burton to Christine and Anthony Horvath, home on East Friend Street; $182,000 James Johnson to John A. and Christine K. McCamon, condo on Timberline Drive; $315,000 East Liverpool Davenda LLC to Gina E. Dunlap to Erik B. Sullivan, home on Vine Street; $86,000 Anthony V. Frank Jr. et al to Mark Clutter, home on Etruria Street; $80,000 Park Place Realty LLC to Gina E. Dunlap and Erik B. Sullivan, two-family dwelling on Pennsylvania Avenue; $71,500 Leetonia Zachary and Alissa Lehn to Caleb B. and Katherine L. Crowl, home on Walnut Street; ...

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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 ...