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Charge in court fracas bound over to grand jury

WARREN — The felonious assault charge of Ryshionna Powell, 18, of Warren, was bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury Tuesday in a Sept. 21 incident in which Powell is accused of throwing a phone at another woman in the back of a courtroom in Warren Municipal Court, causing a laceration on the other woman’s forehead. Powell waived her preliminary hearing Tuesday, and Judge Natasha Natale bound Powell’s case over to the grand jury. Natale also advised Powell that she is not eligible to make bond until she has served 30 days in jail because Visiting Judge Terry Ivanchak ordered ...

Pepper targets Ramaswamy’s policies

YOUNGSTOWN — David Pepper, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said the platform of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, is a disaster for working class Ohioans and continues the GOP’s efforts to benefit the rich. During a Tuesday news conference in ...

Remembering 21st century fallen soldiers at Warren exhibit

WARREN -- The exhibit, Remembering Our Fallen, has made a stop on its national tour at the Kinsman House, also known as the Warren Heritage Center. The memorial includes 35 tribute towers with military and personal photos of 5,501 of our nation’s fallen from Sept. 11, 2001, to Aug. 30, ...

County commissioners to OK one last late change order

WARREN — A week after warning Trumbull County department heads they will no longer pass resolutions to pay for change orders when the work already has been done without their review, Commissioners Denny Malloy and Rick Hernandez are expected to approve today a $186,152.76 change order for the Meadowbrook Sanitary Improvement project. The change order increased the cost of the project to $13,226,152 from its original price tag of $13,040,000. Last week, after the commissioners unanimously agreed not to accept change orders after work had been completed, Trumbull County Sanitary ...

St. James Parish to remain open

St. James Parish to remain openWARREN — The congregation of St Teresa of Calcutta Parish has learned that the St. James Parish site will not close as originally planned. Bishop David Bonnar sent a letter to parishioners at the weekend Masses. The Rev. Christopher Cicero, pastor of St. Teresa of Calcutta, said Bonnar has decided that St. James Church will not close as part of Cicero’s pastoral plan that was presented earlier this year to the congregation. “This letter explains that the piece was removed from the plan. The parishioners, especially the ones who worship at St. ...

Niles, YSU receive grants

Youngstown State University is receiving $1.5 million and Niles is getting a $402,500 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The ARC funding comes through the federal Partnership for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) initiative to help address coal-related job loss in the Appalachian region. Both Mahoning and Trumbull counties were added to the ARC jurisdiction in 2008 as part of a congressional bill that allows them to qualify for federal economic development funding, job training and money for manufacturing. The two grants were announced ...