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Warren Township leaders worry over fears of substandard roads

WARREN — Warren Township trustees on Tuesday told Trumbull County commissioners dozens of residents fear the county will replace the concrete pavement on dozens of township roads with chip and seal that will deteriorate in a few years. It then will be up to the township to maintain and improve the roads. The county is nearing completion of phase one of the $40 million Meadowbrook Sanitary Sewer Improvement project. The project involves construction of a wastewater treatment plant on the banks on the Mahoning River and a collection system that will service 700 residents. The ...

Controlled burn keeps firefighters prepared

WEATHERSFIELD — Since last spring, firefighters from Mahoning and Trumbull counties have been taking part in fire training at a home in Weathersfield that was burned to the ground over the weekend. McDonald fire Chief Fred Marcum said Sunday what made the training unique was it was a ...

Johnson announces last day on Warren council

Staff report WARREN — Pastor Todd Johnson announced Saturday on his Facebook page that Thursday will be his last day as 1st Ward city councilman after serving in the position since shortly after winning the seat in the November 2021 election. Johnson, an independent, announced in January that he was taking on a new pastoral role in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, but that he would remain in his city council role until he had fully relocated to New York. The Facebook post states that “When I announced my transition from my pastoral position at Second Baptist Church back in ...

Hubbard men arrested in separate cases make court appearances

HUBBARD — Two men arrested on charges of the same crime in separate incidents involving persons they believed to be minors made court appearances Monday. Joseph Trader, 34, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor attempted importuning, but also made an appearance on charges of importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler on Monday. Albert Klinesmith, 59, also made an appearance on a charge of importuning in front of Adler. According to a release from Hubbard police Detective Sgt. Michael Banic, members of a ...

ODOT money not an option for possible gas holiday

Republicans in the state Legislature abandoned plans to use Ohio Department of Transportation’s nonexistent cash reserves for a proposed 90-day gas holiday and instead will try to pass a bill with money from the general revenue fund paying for it. The change is the result of ODOT’s largest fund, for highway operating, not having money to cover the cost, which increased from an estimated $678 million to $726 million in just five days to cover the loss from the proposed 90-day state gas tax suspension plan. Identical bills, with the changes, were introduced Monday by Republicans in ...

Man charged with several offenses in apparent accidental shooting

WARREN — Michael A. Sloan Jr., 24, of Maryland Street NW, was arraigned Friday in Warren Municipal Court on felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanor assault, using weapons while intoxicated and discharging firearms in a Thursday night incident in which another man was shot in the leg in the Warren Heights apartments on Maryland Street NW. Sloan was not charged with intentionally shooting the victim. Witnesses said the shooting was an accident. A Warren police report states that officers were called to the 400 block of Maryland Street NW, the Warren Heights Apartment complex, ...