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LEGAL NOTICE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO 21 West Boardman Street Youngstown, Ohio 44503 Case No. 25CV2818 Judge R. Scott Krichbaum DANIEL R. YEMMA, TREASURER OF MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO PLAINTIFF, VS. UNKNOWN SPOUSE, NEXT OF KIN, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, IF ANY, OF MARILYN HIGHTOWER AKA MARILYN C. HIGHTOWER AKA MARILYN CAROL HIGHTOWER, DECEASED, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. Defendants, Unknown Spouse, Next of Kin, Devisees, Legatees, Executors, Administrators and Personal Representatives, if any, of Marilyn Hightower aka Marilyn C. Hightower aka Marilyn Carol Hightower, Deceased and James Hightower aka James E. Hightower aka James Everett Hightower, Deceased; Rodney Kelley; and Unknown Spouse, if any, of Rodney Kelley, whose residence is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained and upon whom service of summons cannot be had in the State of Ohio, will take notice that on the 28th day of October 2025, Plaintiff, Daniel R. Yemma, Treasurer, Mahoning County, Ohio, filed a Foreclosure Complaint, in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, the same being Case No. 25CV2818 in said Court. The real estate which is the subject of the within action more fully described in the Foreclosure Complaint and known as: PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 53-055-0-281.000 PROPERTY LOCATION: 408 Kenmore Avenue W, Lot 10258 EAST. PERMANENT PARCEL NO.: 530-55-0-282.000 PROPERTY LOCATION: Kenmore Avenue, Lot 12059. Plaintiff prays that the Defendants named above be required to answer and set forth their interest in said premises or be forever barred from asserting the same, that all taxes, assessments, penalties and interest due and unpaid, together with costs be found to be a good and valid first lien on such premises, that upon foreclosure of the parcel, the equity of redemption in the parcel by its owner shall be forever terminated after the expiration of the alternative redemption period as set forth in Ohio Revised Code Section 323.65(K); that the parcel thereafter may be sold at sheriff's sale either by itself or together with other parcels as permitted by law; or that the parcel may, by order of the court or board of revision, be transferred directly to a municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or county land reutilization corporation without appraisal and without a sale, free and clear of all impositions and any other liens on the property, which shall be deemed forever satisfied and discharged, or in accordance with R.C. §323.28 (E) and/or R.C. §5721.19 (I) fee simple title of the property will be transferred to an electing subdivision as defined in division (A) of section 5722.01 of the Ohio Revised Code upon the filing for journalization of the decree of foreclosure, without an appraisal or sale and shall constitute confirmation of the transfer and thereby terminate any further statutory or common law right of redemption. The persons first above mentioned will take further notice that they have been made party Defendants in said Complaint and that they are required to answer on or before the 27th day of March 2026. Lynn A. Maro, Mahoning County Prosecutor THOMAS N. MICHAELS Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney for Plaintiff. Feb 6, 13, 20, 2026 26-00057
