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Howland WHAT: Board of Education August organizational meeting PRESENT: Julie Altawil, Jeff Pegg, Brianne Perry, Abigail Reynolds and Kelly Vennitti. The board: • Approved a donation of music CDs to the district’s music department. • Approved the disposal of obsolete and nonfunctional items across various district facilities, including appliances, furniture, classroom books and projectors. • Amended Eddie Williams’s one-year limited contract from monitor at Howland Glen Primary School to cook/cashier at Howland Glen for the 2026-27 school year. • Issued a ...

Rescued kitten inspires bobblehead

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled the first bobblehead of Sue, the tiny orange kitten who went viral recently after being rescued from an excavator in Leavittsburg by workers from RiverReach Construction in Barberton. The limited-edition Sue the Kitten bobblehead is being produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee and the museum will donate 10% of the sales from the bobbleheads to One of a Kind Pet Rescue in Akron. Positioned on a yellow base bearing her name, the Sue the Kitten bobblehead is a replica of the tiny orange ...

Warren aggravated burglary charge bound over to grand jury

WARREN — Unlike in most cases, Craig Sims, 19, of Warren did not waive his preliminary hearing Thursday in Warren Municipal Court. It meant that Warren prosecutors had to put on testimony to support their contention there was probable cause an aggravated burglary took place at an apartment on Beal Street Northwest Aug. 25 and that Sims was the person who committed it. Judge Natasha Natale presided over the hearing, listening to the testimony of Warren police officer Will Fowler, who was one of officers who responded to the apartment and spoke with the alleged victim and a second ...

YSU hosting public speaker series tied to history

Youngstown State University’s History 4820 course, “History in the Headlines,” will host a public speaker series this fall examining major issues in the news and their effects on people in the Mahoning Valley. The programs will be at 6 p.m. at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, 151 W. Wood St. The series is designed to make history accessible and relevant while encouraging community conversation about contemporary issues. The 2026 schedule includes: • Sept 15: “How have political party divisions in the U.S. become so vast, and can they be healed?” ...

LOOP seeks snapshots of daily life

LOOP Youngstown is planning a second Day in the LOOP, a public art project capturing a day in the life of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. This year’s event is scheduled on Sept. 25, and those living in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania are invited to document their surroundings that day through photography, video, writing or any other art form. It’s about a month earlier than last year’s “day.” Karen Schuber, LOOP’s interim director, said the long-term goal is to change the timing annually so that the ...

YSU professor to present crime research

Ryan Roberts, assistant professor of criminal justice at Youngstown State University, will share his research on gangs, prisons and applied intelligence with an international audience of government officials and public-security advisers during an October virtual course on organized crime and hybrid threats. Roberts was invited by Colombia’s Instituto de Ciencia Politica Hernan Echavarría Olozaga in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung to serve as a guest professor in the program’s second specialized course on organized crime and hybrid threats. He will lead two sessions ...