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On the record: Newton Falls

WHAT: Village council meeting Sept 2 PRESENT: Brian Kropp, Brian Axiotis, Julie Stimpert and Kevin Reufner ABSENT: Bob Burke and Mayor David Hanson Council: • Authorized Village Manager Jeremy Shaffer to enter into a contract with a paving contractor for street repairs and water main repairs at a cost not to exceed $40,000. Streets that need repaired are South Canal Street, sections of North Canal Street, Arlington Road and North Center Street. Water break repairs need to be made on sections of Ridge Road, Liberty Street, North Center, Warren Road and Ophelia Street. • Heard ...

YSU remembers: University marks 25th anniversary of 9/11

YOUNGSTOWN — Even though one of the nation’s darkest and terror-filled days took place a few years before he was born, Alexander Rothwell struggled to hold the tears in check. “It’s still pretty emotional for me to see what happened and all of the individuals involved, and innocent bystanders. It’s hard to watch for very long,” said Rothwell, 23, a cadet in Youngstown State University’s four-month police academy program. “I’m proud to be an American, and I’m not ashamed to say that.” Rothwell, who graduated earlier this year from Westminster College in New ...

Man accused of drunken crash pleads not guilty

WARREN — Dominique L. Dorsey, 37, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the six charges he faces in the June 17 crash at U.S. Route 422 and state Route 5 in Warren Township, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of a driver whose car he reportedly struck at 106 mph. Trumbull County ...

Warren OKs one-year data center moratorium

WARREN — City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on data centers Wednesday during the first meeting after returning to council chambers after the August break. It places a moratorium on data center projects larger than 1,000-square-feet and directs Mayor Doug Franklin to establish a Data Center Review Committee. The legislation states that the existing zoning and development regulations in the city “were not specifically designed to address the unique characteristics and infrastructure demands of large-scale data centers.” It adds that several other Trumbull ...

Bazetta voices concerns over Brightspeed work permits

BAZETTA — Planned fiber-optic construction in the township has yet to receive required township permits, prompting officials to check whether contractors have already begun work. Brightspeed is expanding its fiber network into the township, with Congruex performing underground and aerial construction on the company’s behalf. Township officials received a letter giving notice of the planned work, including maps showing construction in several areas of Bazetta. While some cities — Girard and Cortland among them — have issued moratoriums on underground fiber optic work, Trustee ...

W.Va. progresses campaign to host federal nuclear campus

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a campaign led by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia is now being added to a list of states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, though environmental advocates have concerns. Morrisey, flanked by state Office of Energy Director Nicholas Preservati and Thomas Mapes, chief of staff for the federal Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy — announced Tuesday afternoon that West Virginia is now joining five other states up for consideration for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus. The other states under consideration are ...