Police

January 19, 2026

East Liverpool — Officers spoke to a property owner who was also the vehicle owner after receiving a call of a vehicle crashing into an Oak Street yard on Jan. 2. The owner told officers that she went to pull into the parking lot when the truck slid over the embankment into her yard. — After being notified on Jan. 2 by a female that her brother and another individual were coming to her Avondale Street residence to get a pipe bomb that was left in her basement, officers and the fire department arrived at the residence and evacuated the building occupants while they searched the ...

POLICE

January 17, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — An alarm was reported at 6:28 p.m. Thursday on Rochester Road, West Township. A deputy responded and checked all the doors and windows at ground level, finding them all secure. — A man on Bayard Road, West Township, reported at 4:48 p.m. Thursday that the dumpster on his property was moved and he believed the neighbor moved it, but he did not see him move it. — A woman from Leesburg called at 4:43 p.m. Thursday to request a welfare check on her boyfriend’s 5-year-old son, who lives with his mother on Pine Hollow Road, Middleton Township. She requested ...

Police

January 16, 2026

Sheriff Reports — A deputy was dispatched at 12:34 p.m. Sunday to Knox School Road, Knox Township, for a welfare check on a woman due to her telephone going straight to voicemail. The deputy spoke to the woman, who was fine. — A man on Buck Road, Knox Township reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that his 15-year-old daughter was being harassed on her TikTok accounts by an unknown user. He was advised to block the account and contact the administrator of TikTok. — A Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday to a residence on Buck Road, Knox ...

Police

January 14, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — Suspicious activity and unreasonable noise allegedly caused by neighbors was reported at 3:38 a.m. Saturday in the area of Roberts Road, Fairfield Township. Deputies checked the area and didn’t hear any noise and made contact with the caller, advising there was no noise heard. The caller then advised he could still hear the noise. Deputies asked if he needed medical treatment, but he denied needing medical assistance. — A caller from Hanover Township at 1:47 a.m. Saturday reported her ex-boyfriend and father of her child is harassing her by calling for ...

Police

January 13, 2026

Salem — Officers on patrol in the area of East State Street and Highland Avenue at 1:28 a.m. Friday conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for an equipment violation. The driver, Trevor Stevens, 18, Sebring, was cited for no operator’s license. — Officers attempted to locate a man with an outstanding warrant in the 2000 block of Oak Street at 8:22 p.m. Thursday. Officers were unable to make contact with them. — Officers responded to the 600 block of Newgarden Avenue at 6:47 p.m. Thursday for a report of suspicious messages. The caller advised that inappropriate messages were ...

POLICE

January 10, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A man on state Route 45, Center Township, reported at 8:09 p.m. Thursday that his neighbor from Black Road, Center Township, was in his vehicle in the roadway in front of the man’s house, revving the engine, waving his middle finger at the residence, yelling and causing a disturbance while the man was inside. — A woman on Black Road, Center Township, reported at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday that she heard a loud explosion at the neighbor’s residence, saying she was scared for her life, her residence shook and she felt this was a way of harassment from the ...