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East Liverpool hopes signs point to a business boost

EAST LIVERPOOL-As part of the revitalization process for the historic downtown area in East Liverpool, two wayfinding signs have just been installed in the downtown area to help direct people walking through downtown to businesses located in the area. The wayfinding signs, which have ...

County approves property tax relief

LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners agreed Wednesday to give taxpayers who own and occupy their homes a break of 2.5 % on next year’s property tax bill. That’s on top of what state legislators recently approved to increase the owner occupancy credit. “It may not be a lot of relief, but it’s some relief,” Commissioner Tim Ginter said. The vote was unanimous, with all three commissioners voting yes. “We were blessed with some opportunities, some tools the legislature gave us, and we exercised those today. It hopefully will help,” Commissioner Mike Halleck ...

POLICE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE — Deputies were dispatched at 11:19 p.m. Saturday to a Leslie Road address in Madison Township for a domestic, learning one party fled the scene prior to deputies arriving. While conducting the investigation, another person, Ryan E. Williams, 44, Leslie Road, Lisbon, was charged with obstructing official business for allegedly injecting himself into the investigation while he was a bystander at the scene. He’s already been arraigned in Columbiana County Municipal Court, with a pretrial set in September. — An alarm was reported at 3:36 a.m. June 18 at Dollar ...

THE COURTS

MUNICIPAL LISBON — A Columbiana County jail inmate who allegedly escaped from East Liverpool City Hospital and a man who allegedly lied to deputies about the ride he gave him both had their cases bound over to the county grand jury. Joseph R. Adams, 48, Holliday Street, East Liverpool, waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in county Municipal Court for escape, a second-degree felony, and vandalism, a fifth-degree felony. Adams was an inmate at the jail and was taken to the hospital while being monitored with a GPS ankle monitor, then fled on June 13, with sheriff’s deputies ...

Man charged in ink pen attack found not guilty by reason of insanity

LISBON — A Washingtonville man found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2024 for felonious assault and other charges will remain on conditional release in the community. David Kirby, 34, West Main Street, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for a mandatory one-year review hearing regarding the conditional release, with Judge Megan Bickerton noting he’s still a mentally ill person based on a report from the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio. She found that the least restrictive commitment alternative available consistent with the welfare of the ...

On the calendar

THU/6-25 Beloit West Branch school board, 4 p.m., high school media room; special meeting to approve insurance and program with Ohio Higher Education West Branch Athletic Boosters bingo, booster hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., early tickets called at 6 p.m., and Jumpin Jack (51 numbers or less for $1,500) called at 6:45 p.m. This week will feature computers discounted to $25. Kitchen open, instant tickets and computers available. Info at 330-509-1209. Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Boardman Park, 6:30 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Calcutta Young ...