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Grand jury declines to indict John White

WARREN – A Trumbull County grand jury declined to indict John White, who filed to run for Youngstown mayor, on two felony counts he faced for an alleged domestic incident with his wife, Youngstown Councilwoman Amber White. The grand jury today voted to “no bill” the charges against ...

Murder charges filed in death of city man

EAST CLEVELAND — East Cleveland police announced Thursday afternoon that Nathaniel C. Crockett, 28, of Cleveland, has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of Juvar King Sr., a 46-year-old Warren man reported missing in February. Crockett initially was arrested on arson charges ...

Mecca seeks marker to recognize Erie Dearie fishing lure

MECCA — Township trustees want a historical marker placed in the township to recognize the Erie Dearie fishing lure, which was invented and manufactured by the local Galbincea family. Trustees met Thursday with representatives of the Trumbull County Planning Commission, Trumbull County ...

Valley autism agency chief steps down

Staff report The Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley has a new executive director, at least temporarily, after Stacie Bacorn resigned after her guilty plea earlier this week in Stark County Common Pleas Court to a felony theft charge. Court records show Bacorn pleaded guilty to a bill of ...

4 Valley projects could get $2.1M in funding

Tucked inside the Ohio Senate’s $60.23 billion biennial state budget bill are four appropriations for Mahoning Valley projects totaling $2,185,000. State Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, was able to get the funding for the four projects into the Senate version of the bill. The House and Senate ...

Bridges across Trumbull to be tested for load tolerances

WARREN — Six companies have been approved by Trumbull County commissioners to receive contracts to do load ratings on 94 bridges across Trumbull County. The combined contracts have a value of $233,453. Companies awarded the contracts to do the load ratings for the VAR-Trumbull County ...