WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved ...
LISBON — Not guilty pleas were entered during arraignment Thursday for Amanda M. Kiger and River Valley Organizing, the nonprofit she founded, for allegedly stealing at least $150,000 or more in charitable donations for personal use over a four-year period. Kiger, 52, Westfield Road, East ...
LISBON — A man and a woman from the same North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem address charged with rape and multiple other sex-related acts against two children entered not guilty pleas during arraignment Thursday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Mark E. Knight, 57, is facing 15 counts while Jan. M. McHenry, 40, is facing 12 counts. Each of them is scheduled to face a pretrial at 1 p.m. April 17 before Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton, who was assigned both cases and handled the arraignments. Knight and McHenry appeared via video from the Columbiana County Jail where they ...
LEETONIA — Village council had a slight change of plans regarding the property leased from Norfolk Southern earlier this year. Assistant Village Administrator Roman Ferry explained Thursday that instead of the initial one-year lease agreement Leetonia had been pursuing with NS, members decided on a longer term. The start date has also changed in the new legislation. Therefore, during Wednesday’s regular meeting, members had to retract its initial passage or readings on the resolution accepting the NS lease terms and then readopt a new resolution instead, granting them use of the ...
LISBON — Suspected narcotics and a firearm were found Thursday morning during the execution of a search warrant within a half mile from the Leetonia K-12 campus, triggering a brief soft lockdown of the facility. According to Jesse Smith, director of the Columbiana County Drug Task Force, no arrests followed the police action. At 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Leetonia police were stationed at the Leetonia K-12 campus building, which was in a “precautionary soft lockdown” while drug agents were located at 38664 Butcher Road. Neither Pete Davis or Jessica Cross were taken into custody ...
LISBON — A new status hearing is set for 1 p.m. June 10 in the aggravated murder case against Curtis D. Holland, the man identified by prosecutors as the other shooter allegedly involved in the 2021 murder of Brycen Douglas. Holland, 30, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, wasn’t transported to the status hearing Thursday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court after his defense attorneys waived his appearance. Judge Scott Washam spoke briefly with the attorneys for both sides and they selected the date for another status hearing. A jury trial remains set for Oct. 5. Holland was ...
