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TCTC unveils new additions

CHAMPION — A new addition to the Trumbull Career and Technical Center is intended to be a metaphorical triangle, with job exploration possibilities, preparation for skilled and talented students to serve the manufacturing industry, and support for student success at its top and two ...

Warren City Council to discuss Flock cameras

WARREN — In addition to Warren City Council approving a one-year moratorium on data centers at Wednesday’s meeting, another hot-button item was briefly discussed — Flock cameras. Flock cameras use Automated License Plate Recognition technology manufactured and are distributed by the Atlanta-based company Flock Safety. The cameras typically are mounted on roadside poles and record license plate numbers of millions of vehicles and report them to subscribing police departments and homeowner associations. Through the ability to interface with the FBI and other crime databases, the ...

Nelly Covelli show postponed

Nelly won’t be heating up the Covelli Centre until December. Sunday’s concert at the Youngstown arena is postponed due to "unforeseen circumstances,” according to venue operator JAC Management. The new date is Dec. 11. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date. For those unable to attend in December, refunds will be available through the original point of purchase until Oct. 10.

Hubbard resident voices support for data centers

HUBBARD — One resident noted city council’s potential to bring in millions of dollars and set their own rules when it comes to data center companies, as part of his comments to city council Tuesday. Council heard from Larry LaCivita, who said his family has lived in Hubbard for 125 years and has done nothing but give back to the community, adding that his grandfather was a school board president who was instrumental in the city getting its swimming pool. LaCivita’s parents, James and Phyllis LaCivita, were the previous owners of the Deer Creek Golf Course, purchasing its six ...

Howland approves declaring structure public nuisance

HOWLAND — A vacant township property could soon be wiped clean, thanks to funding from a state program for which officials signed up the township. Trustees at Wednesday’s meeting approved a resolution declaring a Niles Road structure a public nuisance and authorizing its demolition through the Trumbull County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Trumbull County Land Bank. The demolition will be done with funding from the Ohio Department of Development’s Building Demolition and Site Revitalization program, and the resolution authorizes committing the required 25% ...

Home is where the help is

YOUNGSTOWN — Many people fondly remember Blood, Sweat & Tears as a popular jazz/rock group from the late 1960s and early 1970s, though for Jodi Glass, the three nouns mean something nonmusical but no less special. “There are so many people to thank, so many years of planning, dreaming, ...