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Commissioners give Mecca $100K for town hall project

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners on Wednesday approved providing Mecca Township trustees $100,000 in additional American Rescue Plan funds to be used to finance a new town hall and community center. Trustee Christen Clemson on Tuesday passionately pleaded with the commissioners that if they did not provide additional funding for the town hall project, it would not get done. Clemson initially requested $175,000 from the commissioners to add to the $540,000 already obtained for the project from an earlier ARP allocation and a separate state grant, but commissioners asked if ...

Vienna names new police chief

VIENNA — A months-long interview process has come to a head, concluding with the township having its new police chief and sergeant. At Tuesday’s special meeting, trustees approved hiring Daniel Adkins as the township’s next police chief, following their need for one after Brian Darbey, who filled in after Bob Ludt’s resignation in 2024, expressed plans to retire later this year. Adkins, a 34-year veteran, served his last shift with the Niles Police Department Jan. 8, beginning his career in Weathersfield in 1992 and joining Niles seven years later as the department’s ...

Senate narrowly passes war powers resolution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress ...

Champion man accused of stabbing his wife

CHAMPION — A township man is facing attempted murder charges following an incident Monday evening where he is accused of stabbing his wife multiple times. David Sabolsky, 64, was arrested by Champion police and booked into the Trumbull County jail. He was arraigned Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court on charges of attempted murder and felonious assault and is due back in court June 30, jail records show. A police report states police were notified at 9:14 p.m. Monday of a stabbing in the 6000 block of Grassy Point in the township. A man reported his mother-in-law had been stabbed by ...

Mecca officials seek portion of Trumbull’s remaining ARP funds

WARREN — Mecca trustees are seeking $175,000 of Trumbull County’s remaining American Rescue Plan funds to provide the final amount needed to build a town hall and community center that will provide preschool services for its youngest residents as well as medical and social services for its retired residents. Trustee Christen Clemson said during Tuesday’s weekly commissioners workshop that the new town hall will double the amount of child care available from 20 children to 40. The new facility also will be a place where older residents may be able to go for vaccines and other ...

County considers partnership with Healthy Hearts and Paws

WARREN — Healthy Hearts and Paws Project founder Jason Cooke talked at Tuesday’s Trumbull County Commissioners weekly workshop about how the county’s dog pound and his organization each are working at capacity with the quantity of stray dogs being housed at their facilities. “It is really bad out there,” Cooke said. “I have not seen anything like this. It is terrible having that number of stray dogs running loose. The numbers coming in are going up and up.” Cooke said his facility is housing approximately 118 dogs at this time, which is more than double its capacity. ...