WARREN — Warren City Council will introduce and possibly approve legislation at Wednesday’s Warren City Council meeting that would give a preference to local bidders in the award of contracts with the city. Council’s caucus session begins at 4:15 p.m. followed by the full council ...
The disbursement of $1.3 million for road improvements adjacent to a newly opened Warren industrial park will be voted on Sept. 29. The Ohio Department of Development sent the Roadwork Development Grant request Thursday to the Ohio Controlling Board. If approved, the funds will be used to reconstruct and widen sections of Nevada Avenue SW and Victoria Street SW. The corners of Nevada Avenue SW at the Victoria Street SW and West Market Street intersections also will be widened, according to state paperwork. “As a result of the project and state assistance provided, traffic flow and ...
WARREN — The owner of the Convenient Food Mart on Elm Road has withdrawn his objection to the removal of the store’s liquor license. Warren officials sought removal of the license after a fatal Aug. 3, 2025, shooting at the store and other issues. Attorney Thomas Nader of Warren filed a notice with the Ohio Liquor Control Commission in Columbus Sept. 14 asking for the appeal to be withdrawn. He filed the notice on behalf of Ammar Fawzi Inc., its president Mark Shafar and the business at 1409 Elm Road NE. Earlier this year, the company appealed the loss of its liquor ...
McDONALD — The police and fire chiefs of McDonald expressed the need for passage of a 4.5-mill safety forces levy on the November ballot. The chiefs also noted if a business locates at the former McDonald Steel property, it will mean additional taxes for the village, which will help the safety forces. Village council has placed a 4.5-mill, five-year levy on the ballot to generate $310,000 for funding police, fire and emergency medical service. The levy will cover costs for day-to-day operations of each department, equipment and wages. Police Chief Ryan Ronghi told residents at a ...
HUBBARD — League of Women Voters representatives emphasized the importance of transparency and reaching a state of equal representation in their presentation about redistricting to Hubbard residents Monday night. City officials heard from Lisa Kohler and Trevor Martin of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization founded in 1920 by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement to empower all citizens to participate in democracy. Kohler said they were there to speak with residents and officials to talk about malapportionment and redrawing wards so Hubbard’s ...
WARREN — Warren police are investigating a large number of assaults that were reported in the city Friday. There were seven reports that involved someone striking another person in some way, one of them being a possible felony offense when a man came into another man’s house without permission to confront him. That possible felony report came in from Clemmens Avenue NW, where a man reported that at 9:50 p.m. Friday, a neighbor forced his way into the victim’s house and assaulted him. The report states the neighbor is a friend, but he was intoxicated when he showed up. The ...
