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East Liverpool council committee discusses ELFD carbon monoxide incident

EAST LIVERPOOL — While operations have returned to normal at the East Liverpool Fire Department after Monday’s carbon monoxide incident sent seven people to the hospital, multiple operations procedures and policies have been changed or are undergoing revisions. Fire Chief Antony Cumo noted that carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors have been installed at central station and the propane generator that caused the incident has been removed and won’t be used again. Cumo noted that initial reports listed five employees — four firefighters and a police dispatcher. ...

Salineville man appeals consecutive sentences

LISBON — A Salineville man recently sentenced to 44 months in prison filed an appeal recently in the Seventh District Court of Appeals to challenge the consecutive sentences. Scott M. Haines, 52, state Route 164, who fled from deputies after threatening another man in the Spring Valley Road area in 2020, was sentenced to consecutive sentences of 36 months for fleeing and making threats and eight months for nonsupport of dependents from 2020 to 2022, for a total of 44 months in prison. His trial defense attorney, Joe King, filed the appeals on his behalf, but requested appellate ...

Education Briefs

Southern New Hampshire University 2026 Summer President’s List David Vaughan of Alliance Amanda Bowyer of Alliance Noelle Snodgrass of Alliance Mason Zerkle of Homeworth Cutter Green of Columbiana) Jacob Herschberger of Homeworth Kristyl Jackson of Lisbon Taryn Mergenthaler of Alliance Kayla Howard of East Liverpool Kierra Scott of Alliance Patrice Sullivan of Salem Jona French of Salineville MacKenzie DeGarmo of Minerva Edward Jacob of Salem Lexus Gilliam of Alliance Ava Spencer of Alliance Brandon Hunt of Alliance Stephanie Oswald of East ...

THE COURTS

Grand Jury LISBON — Pamela S. Risbeck, 50, Trinity Church Road, Lisbon, was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for fourth-degree felony theft from a person in a protected class, fifth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor misuse of credit cards for allegedly stealing $1,585 from a man, possessing his stolen debit card and misusing his credit card from Oct. 11, 2025 to Oct. 14, 2025. Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Kyrin Michael McLaughlin, 28, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was bound ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Sandra Hollabaugh et al to Richard N. Miller et al, 14.171 acres timber land on Whitacre Road; $18,275 Sandra Hollabaugh et al to Richard N. Miller et al, 17.363-acre farm on Whitacre Road; $44,267 Center Township Charles S. and Tina M. Clark Jr. to Sabrina and William Bolton, mobile home on Hilltop Drive; $34,700 Columbiana Joshua and Tammy Dickey to Jarred Kalina and Kendall Mackenzie, home on Hawkins Lane; $375,000 Hanover Township Rebecca S. Franks to Deer Valley Farm LLC, 129.279-acre farm on McCann Road and 40.067 agricultural vacant land on Rochester ...