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Court News LISBON — A woman accused of abusing an infant was sentenced to 30 months in prison for endangering children, a third-degree felony. Melanie R. Leonard, 36, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the case. She received credit for 75 days served in jail. Two additional counts of endangering children, one a second-degree felony and one a third-degree felony, will be dismissed. Leonard was accused of abusing an infant, resulting in serious physical harm to the child on Feb. 24, 2024 when the child was less than 2 ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Kathryn P. Pinkerton et al to Marcia Lynn Brandt, home on Sunset Drive; $210,000 Columbiana Adda M. and Matthew Bell to Zachary Witherow, home on Bittersweet Drive; $195,000 Michael Strohecker to Hunter Debee, home on East Park Avenue; $175,000 East Liverpool EBKO Properties Inc to Anthony Witherow, home on First Avenue; $26,500 Brendan Copenace to Frank Thorne, home and other residential structures on Beechwood Avenue; $25,000 Fairfield Township Kevin W. Smith et al to Manoah Joel and Grace Huber, home on Duquense Street; $72,000 Liverpool ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Jaykobe Andrew Johnson, East Liverpool, and Sierra Lynn Johnson, East Liverpool; dissolution sought Tax Ease OH V LLC, Dallas, Texas, vs. Paul John Ice, Negley, et al; foreclosure sought on Allegheny Trail, Negley, property Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Orange, Califorinia, vs. Misty Gilbo et al; foreclosure sought on West North Avenue, East Palestine, property Brenda and David Halverstadt, Salem, vs. Estate of Stewart P. Weimer and Westfield Insurance Company, Westfield Center, Ohio; compensatory damages sought for vehicular crash Docket ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set July 21 for Curtis Franklin Hunt, 32, Shadylane Drive, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly lying to East Liverpool police concerning an accident, claiming the unknown driver got out and fled when he actually knew who the driver was on Feb. 27. A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Anthony C. Rump, 65, Olmsted Falls, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a bag with a white crystal like substance during a traffic stop on May 22 in ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on state Route 644, Hanover Township reported at 8:18 p.m. Tuesday that she came back to her residence and her brown mixed breed wiener dog was missing from inside her unlocked home. She believed that her boyfriend’s mother of Carrollton came to the residence and took the dog. A deputy attempted to call the boyfriend’s mother, but was unable to make contact. — Minerva Police dispatched called at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday to request a welfare check on a father and son who had an altercation in their jurisdiction and were now going to their residence on ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Youngstown man who attacked another man with a knife last year was sentenced to at least three years in prison to a possible four and a half years in prison for felonious assault. Grant Michael Goodballet, 27, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the second-degree felony charge. He entered a guilty plea to the charge in April. A third-degree felony charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case will be dismissed. Goodballet attacked the other man with a knife on Aug. 23, 2025 in East ...