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County assistant prosecutor, magistrate facing off for judge

WARREN — The high-profile criminal cases Chris Becker has prosecuted during his 26-year career as an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor barely scratch the surface of people he helped send to prison. For every killer of a child, elderly woman or Air Force veteran husband, there were others, such as a young Detroit man who killed another man in a downtown Warren gun battle that spilled over into the parking lot of a prominent downtown church in 2012. Becker is running for a second time to move from First Assistant Trumbull County Prosecutor to Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ...

Oct. 17 property transfers

Property transfers recorded Oct. 5 to 9 in Trumbull County: Bazetta Albert Henry Brannan III to Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, 2228 Cadwallader Sonk Road, $117,600 Harnett Land Company LLC to Smegal Real Estate LLC, 3620 Niles Cortland Road, $700,000 Bloomfield Bill W. and Valerie S. Byler to Dan L. and Rebecca M. Miller, 9647 Creaser Ashtabula Road, $650,000 Michael C. and Rose M. Boylen to Andrew W. and William Albert Miller, 2750 Flagg East Road, $55,000 Braceville Candice E. Putt to Michael and Shannon McCombs, 2993 State Route 5, $30,000 Wesley Schlabach and Saloma ...

Horse riding club finishes season with fun show

BROOKFIELD - The Brookfield Saddle Club, which will celebrate its 80th year in 2027, finished the season this month with a fun show where riders and their horses wore costumes for Halloween The costumed riders and their horses gathered at the Brookfield horse show grounds. Tina Babnis, horse ...

Connecting area homeless woman to solutions proves elusive

The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle have received several emails since the newspapers published an Oct. 10 article about a homeless woman living outdoors in the Youngstown-Warren area. The story related how the woman sleeps outside and moves around, visiting businesses at times, trying to keep a low profile to reduce the potential of becoming a victim. She described some of the challenges she faces as a “woman out here alone” and some of the heartwarming things people have done for her. Other details had to be left out of the story to avoid endangering her further, like where she ...

Warren to test captains, lieutenants for police chief Dec. 16

WARREN — The Warren Civil Service Commission has scheduled a promotional exam for the next Warren police chief and for an open sergeant’s position for Dec. 16. It set the deadline for applicants to apply for both openings at 4 p.m. Dec. 7. At the commission’s special meeting Friday morning, it also set oral assessments for the candidates for police chief for Jan. 25 and 26. And it approved the reference materials the candidates will study for both positions and approved Clancy & Associates to administer both examinations. The police chief’s position became vacant when former ...

3 nurses sue Warren nursing home, alleging retaliation over patient care complaints

WARREN — Three former nurses at Washington Square Healthcare Center have filed a lawsuit alleging they were fired after reporting suspected narcotics theft, shortages of insulin supplies and patient neglect at the Warren nursing home. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 7 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, names the facility's operator, Harbor Operator LLC, several affiliated AOM Healthcare companies and three nursing administrators. Miranda Curtin of Youngstown, Marilyn Hazlerig of Leavittsburg and Leanne Shafer of Warren, all licensed practical nurses, contend they lost their jobs after ...