YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The Seventh District Court of Appeals this week affirmed a life-without-parole sentence for a man convicted last summer for a shooting death in East Liverpool. The court denied the appeals of Elvin Tisdale, 36, of Newell, W.Va., who was sentenced June 27, 2025, to life without parole by Judge Megan Bickerton in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court following a four-day jury trial.