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Niles schools score $200,000 grant from Browns for new football field turf

NILES — There are 200,000 reasons why Friday night will be special for Niles City Schools — not just for the high school marching band, but for the entire community, thanks to an NFL grant. Superintendent Ann Marie Thigpen said Tuesday she was pleased to announce that the district was awarded one of 26 nationwide grants to replace the artificial turf at Bo Rein Stadium at Niles McKinley High School. “We were just notified of that; our partner NFL team is the Cleveland Browns, and this Friday, Sept. 25, 100th anniversary of the band, homecoming, alumni,” Thigpen said. “The ...

Local news at a glance: Liberty burglary, New Champion firefighters

Thousands of dollars in merchandise stolen at Liberty sporting goods store LIBERTY — A woman reported seeing two teenagers in front of a local business the night a local sporting equipment store was broken into, resulting in thousands of dollars in merchandise being stolen. According to a police report, officers were called to Wharmby Sporting Goods on Belmont Avenue on Monday morning for a breaking-and-entering report. Officers spoke with the store’s owner, who said he had arrived to work and saw the building’s glass door was broken out, adding that he found a rock by the ...

County considers expanding sites for bed tax

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are expected to vote to require short-term rental facilities with five or fewer rooms to pay the same lodging tax that larger hotels and motels pay. Trumbull now charges 5% lodging or bed taxes on short-term lease organizations that have five or more beds. Of that amount, 3% is used by the Western Reserve Port Authority, and 2% is used by the Trumbull County Tourism Bureau. Twenty other counties in Ohio have this same policy, and two Trumbull communities, Howland and Liberty, have these same rules, according to Nicholas Coggins, assistant ...

Falls education board discusses recording meetings to post for public

NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls board of education is considering videotaping its meetings for public viewing and will check to see what other school districts do to record their meetings. Board President Tonya Kline said the board approved at its recent meeting having Superintendent Andreas Johansson check what other school boards do to have their meetings recorded both live and posted afterwards. She said the board members have been discussing the pros and cons of video recording meetings. “We are moving forward to investigate what we can do to videotape our meetings. We want ...

Falls education board discusses taping meetings

NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls Board of Education is considering videotaping its meetings for public viewing and will check to see what other school districts do to record their meetings. Board President Tonya Kline said the board approved at its recent meeting having Superintendent Andreas Johansson check what other school boards do to have their meetings recorded both live and posted afterwards. She said the board members have been discussing the pros and cons of video recording meetings. “We are moving forward to investigate what we can do to videotape our meetings. We ...

Medical records delay stalls assault case of trustee in Liberty

WARREN — The parties in the Devon Stanley felonious assault case met by Zoom on Tuesday afternoon with Special Prosecutor Dan Kasaris of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office saying the case is being held up by a lack of response from Mercy Health in providing medical records. Stanley, 53, of Liberty, a Liberty Township trustee and chief deputy clerk of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, is charged with second-degree-felony felonious assault. It involves an Oct. 23, 2025, incident involving a woman. Stanley was arrested at the Oct. 24 Niles McKinley-Girard football game at ...