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YSU president’s talk aimed at assisting veterans

STEUBENVILLE — Bill Johnson's response to a question from Steubenville Mayor Ralph Petrella was delivered in a very straight-forward fashion. "You're here - and that's step No. 1," Johnson said after Petrella asked what city government could do to help men and women who were looking to ...

Good Trouble Trumbull urges early voting

WARREN - The most direct methods for U.S. citizens to make their voices heard to their government comes through protest (1st amendment) and voting (15th amendment). Saturday’s No Kings: Vote Early rally at Courthouse Square balanced both during one of more than 3,000 similar nonpartisan ...

Prehistory of Ohio reviewed at Liberty talk

LIBERTY - Historical artifacts tell us a lot about the people who lived thousands of years ago in an area. John Chuey, one of the founding members of the Mahoning County Archaeological Society, spoke of the arrowheads, tools and jewelry he has found in Ohio, other states and Canada during the ...

Ramaswamy, Acton discuss property taxes, other issues

While it’s been 20 years since a Democrat was last elected Ohio governor, this year’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton is hotly contested. During separate endorsement interviews with this newspaper, the two candidates discussed their priorities, their plans and their thoughts on each other. The rise in property taxes is a major issue in Ohio with average increases of about 45% since 2020 throughout the state. The state Legislature passed a series of bills late last year that is expected to save homeowners more than $3 billion over three years. They ...

County assistant prosecutor, magistrate facing off for judge

WARREN — The high-profile criminal cases Chris Becker has prosecuted during his 26-year career as an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor barely scratch the surface of people he helped send to prison. For every killer of a child, elderly woman or Air Force veteran husband, there were others, such as a young Detroit man who killed another man in a downtown Warren gun battle that spilled over into the parking lot of a prominent downtown church in 2012. Becker is running for a second time to move from First Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ...

Oct. 17 property transfers

Property transfers recorded Oct. 5 to 9 in Trumbull County: Bazetta Albert Henry Brannan III to Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, 2228 Cadwallader Sonk Road, $117,600 Harnett Land Company LLC to Smegal Real Estate LLC, 3620 Niles Cortland Road, $700,000 Bloomfield Bill W. and Valerie S. Byler to Dan L. and Rebecca M. Miller, 9647 Creaser Ashtabula Road, $650,000 Michael C. and Rose M. Boylen to Andrew W. and William Albert Miller, 2750 Flagg East Road, $55,000 Braceville Candice E. Putt to Michael and Shannon McCombs, 2993 State Route 5, $30,000 Wesley Schlabach and Saloma ...