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Neighborhood News July 11, 2026

P.E.R.I. of Mahoning County to meet Aug. 4 The Public Employee Retirees (P.E.R.I.) of Mahoning County Chapter 18 will meet at noon Aug. 4 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 Western Reserve Road for a cost of $20. Reservations are due by July 28 by contacting: Janice, 330-259-8756; Carol, 330-758-5239; or Diane, 330-547-9612. Anyone with dietary restrictions, advise the person taking the reservation. Guest speaker will be Traci Manning, curator of education at The Mahoning Valley Historical Society in celebration of America 250. She will present historical facts about the area. ...

On the calendar

Neighborhood News July 11, 2026

SAT/7-11 Beloit West Branch High School Class of 1970, 10 a.m., Brickhouse in Sebring Boardman DARE Singles Group, Music at Firestone Farms in Columbiana, 6 p.m.; information at 330-729-0127 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrating Our 6th Year Serving The Community; 40 percent off the entire store. Drawings for gift cards. Historical Society of Columbiana & Fairfield Township Log House Museum open 2-4 p.m. East Liverpool Veterans Committee All You Can Eat Breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, The Elks Lodge 258, 620 Broadway St.; ...

Former Alliance hospital chaplain sentenced for child porn possession

Local News July 11, 2026

LISBON — A wolf in sheep’s clothing — that’s how Judge Megan Bickerton described former hospital chaplain Joseph Paul Sabella before sentencing him Friday to 25 to 27 years in prison for downloading, printing and possessing 12,000-plus images of children engaged in sex acts. “You ...

Goshen Township trustees award Diagonal Road paving project bid

Local News July 11, 2026

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — Township trustees have awarded the bid for the their Ohio Public Works Commission project. Goshen Township received a total of seven bids for this year’s OPWC project, which will pave the section of Diagonal Road between Duck Creek and Middletown roads. In a special meeting Monday, trustees selected the bid from North Lima-based contractor R T Vernal Paving & Excavating for $164,975.50. R T Vernal was the lowest bidder. The other bids received including $205,796 from Phillips Paving, $192,999 from the Shelly Company, $190,039 from Barbicas Construction ...

REAL ESTATE

Police and Court Reports July 11, 2026

Center Township John and Agnes Hoover to Andrew D. and Arlene K. Lehman, 40.934 acre farm on Grafton Road; $360,000 Shawn Apple to Rober J. Miller, home and other residential structures on Center Avenue; $30,000 Columbiana Paul M. and Kaitlyn R. Potesta to Jacob and Angela Sevek, home on Fairfield Avenue; $375,000 East Liverpool George M. Williams III to Debra Puryear, home on St. Clair Avenue; $4,000 BCHF Oddfellows LLC to Ohio Community Housing LLC, apartment complexes on Sixth and Fifth streets; $75,000 Melanie L. Davis to Kenneth S. Page et al, home on Bradshaw Avenue; ...

THE COURTS

Police and Court Reports July 11, 2026

Common Pleas NEW CASES Sherri Lynn Hicks, state Route 45, Lisbon, vs. Earl Dean Hicks, St. Clarksville; divorce sought. Velocity Investments, LLC, Wall, N.J., vs. Cody Rohrmann, Bye Road, East Palestine; case transferred from Columbiana County Municipal Court. NewRez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Albert Shultz, West Main Street, Leetonia, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for West Main Street, Leetonia property. DOCKET ENTRIES Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Lawrence L. Crum, et al.; judgment vacated, case dismissed. Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal ...