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Road work season here for ODOT

YOUNGSTOWN — More than $137 million in road construction projects are planned in the Mahoning Valley this year, with detours, ramp closures and permanent traffic changes expected across the region. Ohio Department of Transportation officials outlined the projects Tuesday during a District 4 construction kickoff event downtown, where they said drivers should expect significant impacts, particularly along Interstate 680 and key corridors in Boardman, Austintown and Howland. “The work we do is essential, but it also carries real risks both for our crews, the construction industry ...

Valley road work projects

Trumbull • Howland State Route 46 intersection improvements Cost: $7.7 million Right turn lanes will be added from Route 46 to Warren Sharon Road. Existing left turn lanes will be extended. Traffic from Howland Wilson across Route 82 will prohibited, with Right-Turn-Only and cul-de-sacs added to prevent through traffic across the highway. A sidewalk will be added along the east side of Route 46 from Hunters Trail to East Market Street. A signal will be added at Route 46 and Howland Springs Road. The work will begin in April 2026 and last until October 2027. • Brookfield ...

Liberty chief’s focus remains on 2.5-mill police levy

LIBERTY — A little over a month remains until the May 5 primary election, and the township’s 2.5-mill police levy remains a pressing matter for its chief, who is making a push at maintaining the department’s strong presence in the community. Trustees approved placing a 2.5-mill additional police levy on the May 5 ballot at a special meeting in late January, providing the county’s board of elections with its language days later. The levy would collect an estimated $823,492 per year, according to numbers from Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder. Broken down and at the tax ...

Commissioners will set up transportation meeting with mayors, other leaders

WARREN — The Trumbull County commissioners are looking at various options the county can take to provide low-cost transportation to the public once Trumbull Transit Administrator Michael Salamone retires in May. Options include hiring someone to replace Salamone as the transit administrator, dividing his duties among current county employees, or working with other Trumbull County government entities to establish a countywide transit system. “We need to set up meetings,” Commissioner Rick Hernandez said. “We need to do it sooner, rather than later.” The commissioners ...

Court rejects Linda McCullough’s appeal

Vienna’s former fiscal officer will continue serving her prison sentence after the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals rejected her appeal. Linda McCullough, who served as Vienna’s fiscal officer from 2019 to early 2024, is serving eight years in prison at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville following Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia Westcott’s sentence on seven counts of tampering with records and two counts of theft in office. McCullough’s sentencing came a month after her trial was supposed to begin. She instead pleaded guilty to all 10 charges against ...

Build, buy America law constructs delays amid US housing shortage

It has a catchy name — Build America, Buy America — and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States. But the law has spurred a bottleneck for affordable housing. Nearly everything from HVACs and lighting to sink hooks and ceiling fans in affordable housing ...