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Journalists celebrated, inducted

YOUNGSTOWN — Thousands of Youngstown State University students knew her as a kind, passionate and compassionate journalism instructor and adviser, but Tom Martindale remembered her more simply. “The woman I knew, I knew as Mom, and she was the finest person I have ever known,” ...

Change comes for change orders

WARREN — An effort is being made by the Trumbull County Commissioners to encourage department heads to send change orders on projects to the commissioners for review before allowing work to be done. Because of this directive, Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough on Wednesday warned the commissioners that he would be bringing resolutions next week for three sanitation department projects that will cost the county more than the amount that was originally contracted. The additional work on one of the three projects has already been done. The projected cost of the additional work on the ...

Event highlights progress in Niles

NILES — Community stakeholders gathered at the Eastwood Mall on Thursday evening to celebrate the city’s commercial growth while spotlighting new workforce and financial literacy initiatives aimed at preparing the next generation. Business leaders, educators, elected officials and ...

Corridor project looks to better Belmont Avenue

YOUNGSTOWN — The efforts underway to revitalize the Belmont Avenue corridor were on display Wednesday evening during an open house at the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission. “Youngstown and Liberty Township have been working together to study the Belmont Avenue corridor (from ...

Residents want an independent assessment of McDonald Steel property

McDONALD — While village residents thanked council for placing a one-year moratorium on data centers, they want officials to next prepare a strategic plan and have an independent environmental assessment done on the former U.S. Steel property to determine what business would best be suited there. Oppidan officials last week conducted a presentation at McDonald High School and showed proposed plans of wanting to locate several data centers on the property off Ohio Avenue. Residents are now asking for an environmental assessment to explore the effects that many data centers would ...

Warren Township tries for more coverage at fire department

WARREN TOWNSHIP — While the fire department was able to have 76% coverage at the station in August thanks to help from off-duty response, some residents feel this is not enough to protect the community, Resident Vicky Romack told the township trustees that the fire department did not have any staff coverage on the day her father fell and passed out. She said Newton Falls emergency personnel eventually responded with an ambulance. “There are many elderly people in my neighborhood, and it concerns me when there are times when there is no coverage at our fire department. That is ...