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Hubbard outlines road program

HUBBARD — With June’s warmer weather in full swing, the city is preparing its street resurfacing project for the year. At Monday’s meeting, Councilman Jerry Crowe, D-at-Large, requested Law Director Mark Villano draw up the necessary legislation authorizing the city’s board of control to enter into a contract with North Lima-based R.T. Vernal Paving and Excavating for the city’s 2026 street improvement project and declaring an emergency. The contract is contingent upon the city receiving Ohio Public Works Commission funding. Crowe, who oversees the city’s streets and ...

Lordstown invites 3 TCESC students to commencement

LORDSTOWN — Graduating from high school is a monumental moment for any student. For Christopher Foreback, Austin Forkin and James Davis, the experience held extra special meaning. Even though all three were special needs students of the Trumbull County Educational Service Center, they ...

Two Trumbull County men denied parole

WARREN — Two violent offenders from Trumbull County will remain in prison after their bids at parole were recently denied. John E. Kopp, 59, who is serving an aggregate 15-years-to-life prison sentence for five counts of rape and other sex charges involving a 14-year-old female victim, was denied release and will have his next parole hearing in March 2032. Also, John Lysikowski, 65, who is serving a 15-year-to-life prison sentence for an October 1987 conviction of murder, was denied parole with another hearing set for September 2027. Kopp, who is housed in Richland Correctional ...

Northeast Ohio gas prices jump 7 cents

Pump prices remain at four-year highs as the market reacts to news the U.S. and Iran have agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, the organization reported the national average fell for the third straight week. However, in Northeast Ohio, prices were 7 cents higher at $4.218 per gallon. At this time last year, fuel prices averaged $3.116 per gallon. The average price in Niles on Monday was $4.055 per gallon and $4.153 in Youngstown, the AAA reported. At the intersection of North Road and East Market Street in Warren, regular fuel ...

Girard man arrested on improper handling charge

LIBERTY — A Girard man is scheduled to appear in Girard Municipal Court Tuesday following his weekend arrest after police allegedly found him passed out in a running vehicle with a handgun. Carl Kaplin, 66, faces charges of physical control of a vehicle while under the influence and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. According to a police report, Liberty officers responded to an East Liberty Street residence just after 8 p.m. Saturday for a report of a suspicious vehicle, with the homeowner telling dispatchers that an unknown silver Ford F-150 was parked at the top ...

Protesters gather in Warren

WARREN — Under a cloudy sky that threatened rain, a modest crowd still gathered Sunday in Courthouse Square for the latest “No Kings” protest organized by the local activist group Good Trouble Trumbull. Organizers and participants described the turnout as smaller than previous rallies, ...