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Niles will receive $1M housing grant

NILES — Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik announced Friday $14 million in grants to support the creation of workforce housing in 10 counties. One of the communities receiving funds is Niles, which will receive a $1 million grant to develop public infrastructure and create workforce housing within the Mahoning Valley. The funding comes from the second round of the Residential Economic Development District program, which is providing up to $15 million in grants this fiscal year to help communities expand housing ...

Cortland police changing software to match Trumbull

CORTLAND — City Council approved an $8,600 software purchase as an emergency measure so the police department can remain compatible with changes coming to the Trumbull County 911 system. Council unanimously authorized police Chief David Morris to switch the department’s records-management software from ID Network to Sundance Systems Inc. The change follows an Aug. 26 vote by Trumbull County commissioners to move the county 911 Center to Sundance’s computer-aided dispatch system. According to the city ordinance, the system will allow the center to better communicate with police ...

Hubbard graduate served in Army in Middle East

What attracted Sean McFarland to the military was his passion for flying. “I was flying small fixed wing aircraft since I was 16. I joined the Army because I love helicopters,” McFarland said. McFarland, who now lives in Canfield, grew up in Liberty. He transferred to Girard High ...

Need to check AI development downplayed

DUBLIN — President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing ...

Vienna event recognizes sacrifices

VIENNA — John Hinely acknowledged the number of youth who weren’t even born when planes flew into the Twin Towers in New York City, into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed into a Shanksville, Pa., field as part of the reason why remembering the attacks matters more. “We ...

‘Remembrance, reflect and recommit’

HOWLAND — Every generation has a defining historical moment. For the Greatest Generation, it was World War II. For Baby Boomers, it was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr. A more recent significant event was the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They occurred in New ...