POLICE

February 17, 2026

Salem —Officers responded to the 1900 block of East State Street at 10:51 p.m. Sunday for a report of a person allegedly attempting to break into vehicles in the hospital parking lot. Officers spoke with the person in question who denied the allegation and advised they were eating at a nearby business and started walking down the sidewalk to a family member’s house. Officers advised them to stay off private property. —Officers spoke to a person at the police department at 9:40 p.m. Sunday about getting a ride to East Liverpool. Officers advised him that he could stay at the ...

POLICE

February 14, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A juvenile-related report was taken at 5:07 p.m. Thursday on Depot Street, Rogers. — A man on Morris Road, Elkrun Township reported at 4:06 p.m. Thursday that he was living on another man’s property and was served with an eviction notice from the property owner to leave the property. The eviction process was explained to him. — A deputy at 3:47 p.m. Thursday assisted the Columbiana County Dog Warden at a residence on Speidel Road, Hanover Township, due to a man’s dogs leaving his property and going to the neighbor’s property and killing 20 ...

POLICE

February 13, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 6:16 a.m. Tuesday to a report of littering on Augusta Road near Ridge Road, West Township, finding a twin mattress and box spring left on the road against a snow bank. The items were photographed and dragged off the roadway onto the west shoulder. The deputy contacted West Township for removal of the items from the roadway. No suspects were identified after talking with witnesses. Salem — Officers responded to the 500 block of East Fourth Street at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a wellness check. Officers received no answer at the apartment, ...

POLICE

February 12, 2026

Leetonia — A female Washington Street resident reported at 2:54 p.m. Feb. 9 that her vehicle was damaged on the passenger side and rear tailgate while parked in a private drive. — An Alliance man allegedly directed threats toward his girlfriend’s parents, who reside on Ridge Street, sometime before 3:20 p.m. Feb. 9. — The babysitter for two children in the 100 block of Park Avenue contacted police regarding a custody issue at 4:15 p.m. Feb. 9, after the children’s father and his wife arrived at her residence to allegedly retrieve the children in violation of a custody ...

POLICE

February 11, 2026

Salem — Officers responded to the 2100 block of Monroe Street at 2:58 a.m. Tuesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised that two people were digging through trash dumpsters. Officers spoke with them and advised them of trespassing laws. They went on their way. — Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of East State Street at 8:31 p.m. Monday. During the stop K-9 Chaz was deployed for a free air sniff and alerted to the presence of narcotic odor. Officers then conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle and recovered a pipe for the smoking of ...

POLICE

February 10, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on state Route 644, Hanover Township, reported at 5:31 p.m. Saturday that her 17-year-old daughter’s father, of Tunnel Hill Road, Hanover Township, called her and said he was coming onto the property to pick up his daughter. A deputy advised her that the man called and said he will pick up his daughter at the end of the driveway. He had called at 4:58 p.m. Saturday to report his daughter lives with her mother and has to leave the residence on foot and walk to the end of the long driveway in 10-degree weather. He said he was picking her up at the end of ...