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49ers owner enters plea in area prostitution case

San Francisco 49ers owner John “Jed” York was arrested on two misdemeanor charges at an East Palestine trailer park over the weekend. Court records show that York initially was charged with engaging in prostitution, but Columbiana County prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct. York was charged with possessing criminal tools for using his phone to respond to an undercover online prostitution advertisement, according to prosecutors. York, 45, whose Ohio address was listed as Southwoods Avenue, Boardman, was fined $1,150. He was sentenced to one day in jail and received ...

McDonald secures $1M for sidewalk improvements

McDONALD — Village officials have secured over $1 million for sidewalk improvements in the community with work to be done in 2028. Mayor Ray Lewis said the village secured funding from Eastgate Regional Council of Governments for replacement and for new installation of sidewalks in various parts of the community. He said they will be installed along Ohio Avenue up to the football stadium complex. Sidewalks also will be added to a section of Second Street where there are no sidewalks to help people get to the school athletic complex. He said Second Street would also be ...

City man reports driver crashed into his vehicle twice

WARREN — A city man told police that after a car crashed into him behind the Elm Road Plaza on Friday night, he tried to follow the vehicle to get a license plate number, but the driver of the other vehicle did a U-turn into the Elm Road Plaza and “swerved into (the victim’s) vehicle.” A police officer spoke to the victim of the 10:30 p.m. incident. The victim said he was behind the Elm Road Plaza nearest to Goodwill Industries when the first crash took place. It occurred in Howland Township’s jurisdiction, the report states. The victim said while he was following the other ...

Man charged with firing weapon during dispute in Warren

WARREN — Darrin F. Wilson II, 36, of Fifth Street SW pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Warren Municipal Court on misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing, using weapons while intoxicated and discharging firearms on school premises, in a school building or within 1,000 feet of the boundary. The charges stemmed from a Saturday night incident at an apartment in the 1400 block of Fifth Street in which he is accused of firing a gun during a dispute. Police were called there for a 10:30 p.m. disturbance with shots fired and found nine bullet shell casings in front of an ...

Howland board hears five-year plan

HOWLAND — Changes have been made to how public education is funded in recent years, and the Howland Board of Education learned how the district will be affected through its five-year plan. Treasurer Julie Sloan said Monday that the district’s revenue is set to be down “quite a bit,” mainly because of the owner-occupancy tax credit, which will be a $500,000 loss for the district. “We’re down in tuition, state aid about $300,000, and our expenses are up for the new buses that we weren’t planning on when we did the forecast last year,” Sloan said. “Over five years, ...

Man convicted of Warren murder denied in 2nd motion

WARREN — Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals on Monday rejected a second motion by a convicted Trumbull County murderer and upheld his life prison sentence. Dominic M. Harvey, 25, who was convicted of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder in the July 21, 2022, shooting death of Jauton Lee Jr., 23, and the wounding of Mitchell Powell, then 24, outside of a West Market Street restaurant, alleged the Trumbull County judge in his case erred by not holding a hearing in an earlier matter. Harvey was sentenced to 50 to 56 1/2 years to life in prison Jan. 2, 2024. Harvey ...