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Court News LISBON — A man accused of discharging a firearm improperly in 2023 was recently sentenced to an indefinite term of two to four years in prison during sentencing for three separate indictments in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Brandon R. Moore, 23, Annsley Road, East Liverpool, received concurrent sentences, meaning all the time will be served at the same time as the two to four years, with credit for 210 days served. Charges for the sentence included improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school zone, a second-degree felony, third-degree ...

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MON/8-17 Beloit West Branch school board, 6 p.m., high school media center Boardman DARE Singles Group, meet at DQ on Market Street, 7 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Chester Family Care Ministries Annual Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., 2860 Pyramus Road Columbiana Historical Society of Columbiana and Fairfield Township to host “An Evening with Sojourner Truth” presented by Eddie Murphy of Wellsville, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 28 E. Park Ave.; free to the public East Liverpool East Liverpool High School Classes of 1949-50, noon, Chef Ray’s on St. Clair ...

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Sheriff’s Office — A man on Miller Road, Elkrun Township reported a case of trespassing at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday, saying that his daughter was using a vehicle belonging to a Lisbon man that was parked in the driveway and the owner came to the residence and got it. — A man on state Route 172, West Township reported at 3:40 p..m. Wednesday that his son sent him multiple text messages that he will call the sheriff and make false accusations if he does not buy him a vehicle. He also called his place of employment and made the same statements to staff. The man said he just got off ...

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U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...

FPCCC to host fourth season of free fall concerts

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COLUMBIANA — The Firestone Park Cultural and Custodial Committee (FPCCC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, will be hosting its fourth season of free fall concerts at the Idabelle Firestone Gathering Place and Garden at the Harvey S. Firestone Park in Columbiana, beginning on Sunday, Aug. ...

Man who directed fraud scheme from India gets 9 years

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The two Chaudharys, Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary and Trusha Chaudhary, learned their sentences this week in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, with Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, who directed the $5 million fraud targeting the elderly, being sentenced to more than nine years in prison and Trusha Chaudhary, one of his accomplices, getting probation. Among the victims was a 77-year-old man from Salem, who gave up $61,000 to the scammers and nearly gave up another $50,000 but his bank suspected fraud and contacted the FBI, which set up a sting operation. The Columbiana County ...