Martin Luther King Day events

January 13, 2026

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Triyounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and Penny Wells as empowering educator. SUNDAY YOUNGSTOWN — The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee of the Mahoning Valley will host its annual community interfaith worship service at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, 1210 Himrod Ave., Youngstown. The messenger for the ...

Library celebrating America250

January 12, 2026

LIBRARY HOSTS AMERICA250 CELEBRATION: The community is invited to join the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library system in celebrating America’s 250th anniversary throughout 2026 by discovering the stories that shaped the nation. To honor this significant national milestone, the W-TCPL will host a wide range of special programming throughout 2026, including book discussions, guest speakers and more events focused on America’s unique history. An America250 kickoff “Eras Party” will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren Library, 444 Mahoning Avenue NW in Warren. Adults can ...

Agenda

January 12, 2026

• BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 10 a.m. today at the township hall with volunteer firefighters to discuss a contract. • HARTFORD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a general maintenance and web page workshop at 5 p.m. today at the township administration building. • CHAMPION BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. today at the board community room to interview candidates for the open board seat. • TRUMBULL COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the commission office conference room, 185 E. Market St., Warren. • ...

Agenda

January 10, 2026

• TRUMBULL COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER Governing Board will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in the board meeting room at the center in Niles. • TRUMBULL COUNTY DATA PROCESSING BOARD will hold an organizational meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the county administration building. • TRUMBULL COUNTY BOARD OF REVISIONS will hold an organizational meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the IT training room at the county administration building. • JOSEPH BADGER BOARD OF EDUCATION will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the school complex to conduct interviews for two board seats. • ...

Agenda

January 9, 2026

MATHEWS BOARD OF EDUCATION will hold a special meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the board office for an executive session to interview candidates for the vacant board seat. No action will be taken.

Agricultural districts protect farmers

January 8, 2026

Thanks to the internet, you can find statistics on farmland over the last 25 years. In 2000, farmland represented 41.1% of the total land in the U.S., and in 2010, it was down to 39.8%. It was a drop of 1.3%, which doesn’t seem too bad until you realize that 29,420,000 acres of farmland were lost. From 2010 to 2020 the amount of farmland lost was 19,060,000 acres, a decrease of 0.82%. From 2020 to 2024 there was a loss of more than 16,650,000 acres across the U.S. I wish my internet search had surfaced better news. This downward trend did not start in 2000 but many years earlier. It ...