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THE COURTS

Court News September 5, 2026

Municipal LISBON — A Columbiana man was bound over to the grand jury facing potential felony charges for allegedly choking and striking a woman in August. Anthony Lopshansky, 42, Woodland Avenue, Columbiana, was bound over to the grand jury charged with third-degree felony strangulation, and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly placing his hands around the throat of a woman, preventing her from breathing, after an argument in Columbiana on Aug. 24. He then allegedly struck the woman in the face causing her to fall back before grabbing her by the throat a second time ...

East End church welcomes back former longtime preacher

Local News September 5, 2026

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Oakland Free Methodist Church is welcoming back the Rev. Harold E. Haire—better known now as “Pastor Hal”—who served the congregation at 506 Wedgewood St. starting at age 30 in 1982. In 1995, he accepted another pastoral position in Spencerville, Maryland, and ...

Canfield Fair flyover

Local News September 5, 2026

East Palestine High School graduate Drew Tancer, the 910th Airlift Wing Director of Plans and Programs, keeps in communication with the flyover and skydivers at the Canfield Fair on Thursday. (Photo by Ron Firth)

POLICE

Police News September 5, 2026

Salem — A fight in progress was reported in the 300 block of West Fourth Street at 11:21 a.m. Friday. Officers spoke with the parties involved and determined that they had been involved in a verbal dispute which had turned physical. Neither party wanted to pursue the matter. — A person to be removed was reported at a business in the 200 block of South Broadway Avenue at 8:23 p.m. Thursday. The person gathered their belongings and left without incident. — Officers on patrol in the 200 block of South Lincoln Avenue conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at 11:12 p.m. ...

On the calendar

Local News September 5, 2026

SAT/9-5 Boardman DARE Singles Group, Bowling at Boardman Lanes, 6:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 75 percent off all summer items in the shoppe. East Liverpool ELHS Men’s Class of 1956 Breakfast, 9 a.m., Two Smart Cookies. Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center open 1-5 p.m.; Ohio School of Falconry, 1-2 p.m. East Palestine Free Yoga session, 10 a.m., East Palestine Park Stage; provided by the East Palestine Friends of the Park/EPACT; bring a yoga mat or a ...

REAL ESTATE

Local News September 5, 2026

Center Township Barbara R. DeCort to John William Rankin et al, other residential structure on Steubenville Pike Road; $45,000 Columbiana Randal S. and Kimberly S. Guy to Glenn and Michele Orlosky, home on Terra Verde Avenue; $595,000 Barbara E. Farrand to John C. and Sylvia C. Harris, home on South Vine Street; $180,000 Debra S. Schaefer to Charles L. Beiling (trustee), home on Fairfield Avenue; $123,000 East Liverpool Andrea Dankanecs to Millicent Calkins, home on Elysian Way; $335,000 Travis and Mary Anne Belich to Jason Jimmie and Allanna Gorman, home on Gardendale Street; ...