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SAT/10-17 Alliance Wildlife Center Joint Activity with Raptor Hallow at Raptor Hallow 2295 W. State St., Alliance, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Boardman DARE Singles Group, Bowling at Boardman Lanes, 6:30 p.m.; 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $2 off dress slacks. Damascus Community breakfast, 7-10:30 a.m., Damascus Methodist Church, 300 Valley Road; by donation East Liverpool Tri-State Coon Hunters and Sportsmen Club Turkey Shoot, 10 a.m., 2601 Irish Ridge Road; for information call or text 330-386-8832 East Liverpool High ...

Taking Back the Night

LISBON — Helping victims become survivors, connecting them with necessary resources and holding abusers accountable — that’s the work done by local advocates against domestic violence. “I applaud all of you,” Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Tammie Riley Jones said ...

Salem PD makes two felony arrests

SALEM—Two men are facing felony charges after being arrested in Salem Thursday. — John Seddon IV, 41, Salem, was taken into custody charged with third-degree felony intimidation, first-degree misdemeanor aggravated menacing and fourth-degree misdemeanor menacing and transported to the Columbiana County Jail at 8:32 p.m. Thursday for allegedly threatening to kill a man and damage his vehicle. According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of East Third Street at 7:52 p.m. for what was initially reported to be a domestic in progress where the caller ...

Salineville man with history of fleeing from police facing multiple charges

LISBON — A Salineville man with an alleged history of fleeing from police was served Thursday with a secret indictment for multiple charges from incidents in 2024, 2025 and 2026, including one last month in Salem. Nathaniel L. Ford, 24, West Main Street, had been awaiting preliminary/pretrial hearings on Oct. 28 in Columbiana County Municipal Court for the incidents, but the cases were apparently presented to the recent county grand jury, resulting in the indictment. Charges in the indictment include four counts of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a ...

Man accused of recording under women’s skirts facing additional charges

LISBON — A Washingtonville man accused of strategically placing his cell phone on a shelf to video record under women’s skirts while working at Family Dollar in Leetonia is facing new charges after police identified a new victim. Shane Alston Beckert, 22, Stocking Street, appeared for arraignment Friday on new charges of voyeurism and possession of criminal tools, both first-degree misdemeanors, with a pretrial set for Oct. 28. According to an affidavit by Leetonia Police Detective Gavin Rambo, a previously unidentified victim from Sept. 30 was identified Wednesday as a ...

Man charged with possessing child pornography has sentencing rescheduled

LISBON — The sentence for an Illinois man charged for possessing images of child pornography after being caught in a sex-for-hire sting in 2024 has been rescheduled for 1:15 p.m. Dec. 10. Vincent John Bianconi, 36, last known address Chicago Heights, Ill., was supposed to be sentenced Friday, but a request to delay the sentence was approved due to a scheduling conflict for his defense attorney, Lawrence Stacey II. Bianconi pleaded guilty to three counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a fourth-degree felony, and a misdemeanor of engaging in ...