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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Feb. 2 for Ethan Mickel Hill, 22, state Route 154, Lisbon, charged with fifth-degree felony strangulation, fourth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor endangering children. Hill allegedly struck a woman in the face numerous times, picked her up off the ground by her throat and pushed her while she had a child in her arms on Jan. 27 in East Palestine. She also said she was pregnant and that he backhanded her several days previous to this incident. A preliminary/pretrial hearing ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy at 5:53 p.m. Monday conducted a welfare check at a residence on Butcher Road, Leetonia and made contact with the person involved. The person advised they were ok. — A deputy was dispatched at 3:41 p.m. Sunday to Gorby’s in Negley regarding an ATV complaint, checked the area, but made no contact with any vehicles. — Deputies responded at 8:15 p.m. Saturday to Italo’s in Lisbon, state Route 45, regarding a suspicious vehicle. Deputies made contact with the driver and learned he works at Italo’s and accidentally fell asleep in his truck. He ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Youngstown man convicted for soliciting sexual conduct from an undercover agent in 2022 had his motion for judicial release denied. Jerry Granberry, 46, has been serving time at the Columbiana County jail since May 2025 while his appeals were pending. He was sentenced by county Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam to 15 months in prison after Washam found him guilty on Nov. 7, 2023 based on what he heard during a trial to the bench in August 2023. Granberry was found guilty of third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fourth-degree felony attempted ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Desiree L. Kinkopf to Megan Devan, home and other residential structures on McCann Road; $280,5000 Center Township Scott E. Scheesley to Stephen Derrick and Alexis L. Marsh, home on Lisbon Dungannon Road; $152,000 Columbiana Main Medical Center to The Center for Integrated Health LLC, medical clinics on North Main Street; $524,900 East Liverpool Connor M. Harris et al to Maurshae Quennique Jones, home on Fisher Avenue; $170,000 Jay S. Crago to James P. Doss, home on Thompson Avenue; $123,232 Venture Restorations LLC to Joseph Ives, home on Erie Street; ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Feb. 2 for Devontay J. Bickley, 24, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly grabbing a woman by the throat and pushing her to the ground, then trying to punch her multiple times during an incident on Dec. 17, 2025 at a residence on Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon. A pretrial was set March 31 for Lamorris Bernard Lowman, 37, Industry, Pa., charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — An alarm was reported at 10:28 p.m. Wednesday at the Beverage Barn, state Route 45, Center Township. A deputy found the north door of the building open, with no signs of forced entry. The inside was checked with no one found and the door was secured. — An open 911 line was reported at 6:51 p.m. Wednesday on Clarkson Road, Middleton Township. Deputies spoke with the homeowner, who said they were having issues with the landline phone. — A man on Lindesmith Road, Hanover Township reported at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday that he purchased some items on the internet ...