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Expanding into a new farm venture

Who knew that what started as having to come up with a prefix for my first homebred Jersey would grow into such a brand and new business ventures for me. Back in 2018, I purchased my first Jersey through an online sale in Wisconsin. A year later when she calved, I came up with the Lavender Ridge Jerseys prefix for the start of my Jersey herd. As the years have passed, this prefix is now on several animals, but it has also worked its way into my farm stand business as well. After my first homebred Jersey was born, I knew that I needed a prefix that would stand out for my show herd of ...

2 vehicles involved in Bazetta rollover crash

BAZETTA TOWNSHIP — The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a rollover crash at the intersection of state Route 305 and Durst Clagg Road in Bazetta Township on Tuesday night that resulted in two ambulances taking people from the scene to the hospital. The crash occurred at 7:18 p.m. and ...

Commissioners divided in adding $1.2M to Meadowbrook sewer project

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve adding $1.2 million to the $30.91 million Meadowbrook Sanitary Sewer Projects currently being done due to the ground in the area where the new lines in Warren Township are located have been unexpectedly collapsing. The funds are being requested to pay for 22,164 cubic yards of limestone sand trench backfill at $62 per cubic yard. So far, the total project spending has been just over $27 million. “We have enough money to cover it,” Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough said. Approximately $600,000 worth of the ...

Rape charges filed against 3 men from northern Trumbull

Two men from rural state Route 534 north of the Mesopotamia Commons in Mesopotamia Township were in the Trumbull County jail Wednesday, set for arraignment today in Newton Falls Municipal Court on one count each of rape and four counts each of gross sexual imposition. Robert Detweiler, 26, and Rudy Detweiler, 22, of the same address, could get about 10 years in prison if convicted of the rape charge. Each faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted of any gross sexual imposition charge. The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office investigated allegations against the men following ...

Sollitto suggests term limits for Niles leadership

NILES — The city’s council president emphasized the value of change in local and federal government as to why he’s pushing for a citizen’s initiative on next year’s ballot. As part of his remarks at last week’s city council meeting, Council President Doug Sollitto noted past discussions in 2022 about council members going from a two-year to a four-year term, adding that they need to consider that “strongly.” Sollitto said it’s because he’s received legal counsel involved, and he’s looking at ways of imposing term limits on both council and the mayoral positions ...

Warren man gets prison sentence for shooting wife

WARREN — Mickell J. Hall, 63, of Clermont Avenue NE, was sentenced to 8 to 10 1/2 years in prison Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on felonious assault with a gun specification and misdemeanor domestic violence in the Dec. 5 shooting of his wife at their home. After a standoff at a Niles motel, Hall was arrested. The gun used in the shooting was found by police in a clothes hamper at the Warren home. Hall’s wife, who recovered from being shot in the chest, agreed to the sentence. Hall, who had a 2019 cocaine-possession conviction, got credit for the 253 days he ...