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Our Heritage: Western Reserve Seminary played role in West Farmington history

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. For more than half a century, the Western Reserve Seminary played an important role in the educational history of West Farmington. The school grew out of the community’s early interest in providing advanced education and eventually attracted students from throughout Ohio. The story began in 1831, when the people of Farmington established Farmington Academy. At the time, the community had scarcely more than 1,000 inhabitants, but residents had a strong ...

Trumbull grand jury indicts 35

WARREN — A Trumbull County grand jury recently returned 35 indictments. The following cases will have arraignments scheduled with the case-assigned judge during their weekly criminal day within the next week: • Eugene E. Lockney III, 48, Vine Avenue NE, Warren, aggravated possession of drugs tampering with evidence and possessing drug abuse instruments. • Tyreese Lawrence, 25, Parkman Road SW, Warren, tampering with evidence and failure to stop after an accident. • Nicholas A. Thom, 47, State Street NE, Warren, aggravated possession of drugs, possession of a ...

Former police chief being paid $56,060 for unused PTO

WARREN — Former Warren police Chief Eric Merkel’s personnel file may not benefit him and the city as they defend themselves against three pending federal lawsuits seeking damages for the sex offenses former Warren police officer Michael Edwards Jr. committed against several women. The ...

Town hall focuses on rising costs

LORDSTOWN — Everything was working like a well-oiled machine when Samm Lewis moved into her unit designed for those of middle income, but after the COVID-19 crisis, not so much. “Services have disappeared, and the carpets are threadbare,” Lewis, 74, of Warren, said about conditions at ...

Nature center complex opens

BAZETTA — Cortland resident Stacey Stewart said she and her family come to Mosquito Lake State Park at least once a month to enjoy an activity or event and now will have the newly opened nature center as an additional place for her family to enjoy. Stewart and her son, Jonah Swiger, ...

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has given $34,300 in contributions from Les Wexner, who had longtime ties to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein, to an anti-human trafficking charity, but he won’t give the other $45,600 he’s received from Wexner despite having more than $6.1 million in his state campaign fund. Amy Natoce, Husted’s campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign donated “all available funds” to the charity, Freedom a la Cart. That didn’t include the other $45,600 Husted, a Republican, received from Wexner. Wexner, a New Albany billionaire, is listed as an Epstein ...