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Advisory council announces members

CORTLAND — The Trumbull County Health District advisory council met this spring for election of members to the council. James Lapolla was elected as chairperson to the advisory council. Gregory Dubos was selected to fill a vacancy on the board. Other current board members are Robert ...

Liberty officials swear in three new police officers

LIBERTY — Police officials are looking to keep their promise to use the township’s 2.5-mill levy, which the community passed in May, to help with police staffing by bringing in some new faces. Township officials saw three new police officers join the department’s ranks on Monday, ...

Simply Slavic fund completes preservation project

YOUNGSTOWN — Simply Slavic, Ohio’s premier celebration of Slavic culture and heritage, has completed its first project funded through the Simply Slavic Cultural Preservation Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The project is the restoration and ...

Gas prices slowly dropping in Valley

Motorists nationwide continue to struggle with higher-than-normal gas prices, but the drain on pocketbooks is lessening, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Gas prices are 32 cents lower in northeast Ohio this week at $4.144 per gallon. A year ago, a gallon of gas ...

Ohio Jewish Caucus members take part in town hall

YOUNGSTOWN — Fears about rising antisemitism, community safety and growing political division dominated a town hall Thursday as members of the Ohio Jewish Caucus met with local residents at the Jewish Community Center in Youngstown. The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the Ohio Jewish ...

‘Deeply missed’

WARREN — It was in 2006 when Warren native Jamelia West and her three young children were found murdered in Columbus, and now 20 years later local organizations and West’s family and friends will continue to remember them as a lilac tree was planted Sunday at the corner of Highland Avenue ...