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Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: • Approved seeking bids for the planned $1.2 million addition for Seaborn Elementary School. Officials have said because of increased enrollment and plans to house special needs students within the district instead of at other locations throughout the county, the board approved moving forward with a 2,500-square-foot addition to Seaborn. Dohar said the enrollment for grades kindergarten to sixth who are housed at the school has ...

Warren man arraigned after 15-mile, high-speed chase into North Jackson

WARREN — A city man was charged with several offenses after a Sunday night incident that began with police trying to pull over a car for dark window tint at Front Street and Nevada Avenue Southwest that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in gunfire hitting a house. Freddie T. Washington, 19, of Parkman Road NW was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on charges including felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor hit-skip. The chase ended in North Jackson about 15 miles away. There were four men in the ...

3 men arraigned on attempted murder

WARREN — Three men charged with attempted murder were arraigned Tuesday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. In one case, a man is accused of intentionally crashing a vehicle with his child’s mother and two small children in the car, in another accused of shooting at police and in a ...

County commissioners to vote on CAD system

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are expected to pass a resolution today that will provide $306,680 to contract with Sundance Systems Inc. of Valley View, Ohio, to replace the existing computer-aided dispatch system at the county’s 911 center. With the county and several dispatch communities changing over to Sundance’s CAD system, the majority of communities will be able to directly talk to each other during emergencies. After the first year of the contract, Trumbull 911 will be responsible for maintaining the contract with Sundance Systems Inc. Trumbull County 911 ...

SCOPE seniors seek new call on cash bingo policy

WARREN — Two Hubbard seniors requested the Trumbull County commissioners tell the leaders of the county’s SCOPE centers to reverse a recent decision eliminating cash prizes from bingo games at the centers. Ronda Brooks and Jean Cramer pleaded with the commissioners to use their influence with the leadership of the county’s eight SCOPE centers to allow the individual senior centers to determine whether they want to conduct their bingo games with cash prizes or by providing gifts. Brooks noted that many of the seniors who attend Hubbard SCOPE do not want to play to win ...

Newton officials pleased with Scott Street resolution

NEWTON TOWNSHIP — Township officials said they are satisfied with the action taken by New Falls village council to not require residents on Scott Street to annex into the village to receive sanitary sewer service. Trustee John Nemet said at their meeting Monday that the motion passed by village council will help the residents who are part of the sanitary sewer project in its second phase. Officials said at public meetings held about the Scott Street project there was never an indication that the residents would need to annex into the village for that utility. Trustee Doreen Lutz ...