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Three contend in GOP auditor race

Trumbull County’s race for the Republican nomination for the auditor’s seat will be contentious next month as first-term auditor Martha Yoder tries to fend off Mahoning County’s chief deputy auditor Stacy A. Marling and former State Rep. Mike Loychik for the right to run in November’s general election. MARLING Marling, 47, has worked in Mahoning’s auditor office since 2007 and has been its chief deputy since 2015. She also has been the fiscal officer in Bazetta since 2021. A Cortland native, Marling is a graduate of Lakeview High School and earned a Bachelor of Science ...

Woman in custody after city shooting

WARREN — A woman is in custody after a man was shot Friday morning at a home on the southwest side of Warren, according to a police department news release. City police responded to reports of a shooting just before noon and found a man with three gunshot wounds — two in the chest and one to the back of the head — the release states. The release states that officers were dispatched at 11:48 a.m. to the 1300 block of Highland Avenue SW in reference to a shooting. When officers arrived, they say they located a gunshot victim who was transported to a local hospital for treatment ...

Niles council considers data center moratorium

NILES — Days after an hourslong public comments portion of a city council meeting opposing a potential artificial intelligence data center near the city, officials want further discussion before taking action. According to a notice from the city’s law department, council is calling a public hearing to implement a moratorium on data centers at 5 p.m. May 20, before the month’s second meeting. The hearing comes after city officials heard from representatives for Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-based company focusing on cryptocurrency and AI cloud infrastructure. The ...

Hubbard trustees aim for road levy renewal on November ballot

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Officials hope to make more infrastructure improvements possible, starting with one of their funding sources in an upcoming election. At Tuesday’s meeting, Trustee Eric Lamb said the township’s road department has a 3.45-mill renewal levy coming up, noting the department has a $455,593 budget, with three employees and their salaries, equipment and insurance. “Their salaries are $195,000, their Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is $43,000, their insurance is $48,000 — that’s the biggest expense,” Fiscal Officer Jennifer Evans said. Lamb said ...

Healthy Phantoms eye Clark Cup as playoffs begin

Tonight begins the Youngstown Phantoms’ quest to accomplish a clean sweep of the USHL, finishing at the top of the league in both the regular season and postseason. The Phantoms finished the regular season on top of not only the Eastern Conference, but won the Anderson Cup with 91 standings ...

Ramaswamy speaks at Lincoln Day dinner

NILES — If things go his way, Vivek Ramaswamy promises to do his best to keep a red tint glowing along Ohio’s political landscape. “I believe the American dream still exists. We have got to get to work to revive it,” said Ramaswamy, the state’s Republican gubernatorial ...