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Ceremony honors fallen nurses

WARREN — Members of the Nurse Honor Guard of Eastern Ohio paid tribute to those nurses who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country during times of war. The program “Hands of Healing in a Time of War” was attended by more than 50 people at the Warren Heritage Center ...

Study: Niles sewer rates could increase by 13% for first three years

NILES — Local residents could see their monthly sewer bill rise nearly $10 a month at the start of 2027 based on the results of a five-year rate study. City officials at a recent utilities committee meeting heard from Steve Courtney and Amanda Guci of Raftelis, a North Carolina-based public-sector management and financial consulting firm that specializes in advising local governments and utilities. The firm was tasked with handling the city’s rate study, which covers 2027 to 2031, and provides an overview of the study’s goal, current rates and operating expenses, and a ...

Trumbull County Reads unites libraries with tales of early aviation

Trumbull County Reads takes flight this month with two books about the Wright Brothers — and their sister — and for the first time every library in the county will be on board. “To Slip the Bonds of Earth,” a novel by Amanda Flower with Katharine Wright as its mystery solving sleuth, and “The Wright Brothers,” David McCullough’s best seller about Ohio aviation pioneer inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright, are this year’s selections. The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library and its branches in Howland, Cortland, Liberty, Brookfield and Eastwood Mall in Niles, as well ...

Moss House celebrates ancestry of local residents for America’s 250th

MINERAL RIDGE — A special display is inside the Moss Ancestral Home showcasing the ancestors of local residents who served in the Revolutionary War as part of America’s 250th celebration this year. Marci Buchanan, president of the Mineral Ridge Historical Society, said Mary Lou Godleski, ...

Anne Allen was first woman indicted for murder in Mahoning County

125 Years Ago, 1901, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Murder in first degree the indictment returned against Anne L. Allen. First time in history of Mahoning County that such a count has been returned against a woman.” “Murder in the first degree. For the first time in the history of Mahoning County a grand jury has returned such an indictment against a woman. “Such a bill was found in the case of Mrs. Anne L. Allen, who is charged with the killing of her husband, James Allen, on August 7 of the present year. The indictment reads ...

Speaker discusses Wright brothers at Warren library

WARREN — The first airplane was flown in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, but it was actually created in Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright Brothers gathered data and conducted experiments for their flying machine. The inventors of the original motorized airplane, Wilbur and Orville Wright, grew up and lived their adult lives in Dayton. During his Thursday talk, “The Bishop’s Kids: The Wright Family and the Birth of Flight” at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, Tom Crouch, curator emeritus of the aeronautics division at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, discussed ...