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POLICE

Salem — Jacob Frederick Deer, 18, Lisbon Road, Salem, was cited for failure to obey a traffic signal following a two-vehicle crash in the 2400 block of East State Street at 1:53 p.m. Saturday in which he was eastbound and allegedly failed to stop for a red light, striking a northbound vehicle driven by Nancy Sparkman, 64, Canfield, who was making a right turn. No injuries were reported. — Christy Sue Keglor, 51, Barclay Avenue, Salem, was cited for failure to control and no valid driver’s license and arrested on an active warrant out of Columbiana County for failure to appear ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Pritchard Hill Reig LLC to Latrell Crute, home on Pritchard Avenue; $138,000 Columbiana Matthew S. Lewis to Ricky A. Maple, home on state Route 14; $145,000 East Liverpool Krista K. Frank to Hollie H. Smith, .81 acres on Lisbon Street; $7,600 Brooke E. Bennett to Mark Moritz, home on Rigby Street; $9,000 East Palestine Joyce A. Herstine to Lacey L. Corbin, home on England Drive; $74,000 Todd and Jamie Rosen to Adrian B. Glaindez et al, home on Hillside Drive; $589,900 Fairfield Township Eric and Kayla Ward Jr. to Tim and Denise Dickey, home on Fairfield ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set April 8 for Travis B. Ferguson, 39, 10th Street Extension, Wellsville, charged with fourth-degree felony passing bad checks for allegedly issuing a bad check for $1,018 to Quaker City Septic in Leetonia on Sept. 16, 2025. A pretrial was set May 27 for Thomas Randall Hughes II, 38, state Route 154, Negley, charged with theft for allegedly attempting to scan 32-cent stickers for all of his items at the Calcutta Walmart, trying to take 11 items valued at $243 on Jan. 24. A sentencing hearing was ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on state Route 39, Washington Township, reported at 11:44 p.m. Thursday that her neighbor was slandering her over her horse walking with a limp. She was advised to contact an attorney. — A deputy was dispatched at 10:57 p.m. Thursday to a residence on Wayne Bridge Road, Center Township, for an open 911 line. The homeowner said everything was fine. — A person from Reed Street, Alliance called at 5:29 p.m. Thursday to report a person from Hartley Road, Knox Township stole a pair of their tennis shoes from their Alliance residence. The person was ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a Salineville woman has been bound over to the grand jury for allegedly having a knife out at the Utica Shale Academy. Britania B. Brown, 44, Haiti Road, is charged with illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone, a fifth-degree felony. Salineville police officers were called to the Utica Shale school on East Main Street, Salineville on Jan. 14 for a report of a woman with a knife and found Brown a few blocks away at BK Beverage. A police affidavit said she admitted to having a knife open ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A juvenile-related report was taken at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday on Lowmiller Road, West Township, with a copy sent to Child Protective Services. — A woman on Millrock Road, Unity Township requested a report be placed on file at 3:31 p.m. Tuesday, per Medicare, that someone hacked into her husband’s account. — Robert Byrd Jr., 45, Tallmadge, was charged with two counts of menacing for allegedly knowingly threatening deputies while in the line of duty during an incident at East Liverpool City Hospital, where he had been transported from the jail. According to a ...