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New Trumbull Job and Family Services director to be named

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to name a new executive director for the Trumbull County Job and Family Services agency soon. Nine of the approximately dozen contenders who applied for the position have been interviewed, according to Commissioner Rick Hernandez. Three candidates received second interviews. A new director is expected to be announced within the next one to three weeks. The county is expected to make an offer for employment and then give the candidate time to inform his or her current employer. John Gargano, the former director, retired ...

Homeless man sentenced to 2 years for child luring at Warren gas station

Staff report WARREN — Homeless man Francisco J. Flores, 38, pleaded guilty to felony gross sexual imposition and abduction and misdemeanor criminal child enticement Thursday for two child luring cases involving teen girls at a Warren gas station May 24. Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Wescott sentenced Flores to two years in prison. Flores is also now required to register as a sex offender once per year for 15 years. Flores also faces possible deportation. The case involved two separate child-luring cases at the Pit Stop gas station on Youngstown Road ...

Summit seeks answers to Valley’s housing shortage

NILES — The Mahoning Valley Housing Summit was hosted on Wednesday at the Eastwood Event Centre by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber to bring together professionals, developers and community leaders in the housing industry. The main focus of the summit was to brainstorm possible ...

Man dies in early morning crash on I-80

AUSTINTOWN — The Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at approximately 03:07 a.m. Thursday, according to an OHP press release. At approximately 03:07 a.m., a 2026 Freightliner Cascadia semi, driven by Justin Hinds, 55, of Conyers, Georgia, was traveling westbound on Interstate 80 near mile post 222. At that time a 2010 Ford Crown Victoria, driven by Theodore Sisak, 35, of Erie, Pennsylvania, quickly approached the semi from the rear. Sisak’s vehicle struck the trailer causing fatal injuries to himself, according ...

Leavittsburg group celebrates 30th year

LEAVITTSBURG — In 1996, a group of Leavittsburg residents were concerned with the littering and debris at the intersection of West Market Street and South Leavitt Road and decided to do something about it. The residents gathered and formed a group they called the Downtown Leavittsburg Improvement Association, which today is known as the Leavittsburg Heritage Association. Shirley Combs said at the 1996 meeting she was elected president of the group, a title she continues to hold 30 years later. The group’s members gathered this week at the Leavittsburg Heritage Museum run on West ...

Bazetta works on agreement with wildlife exhibitor

BAZETTA — Township officials are working on a formal agreement with wildlife exhibitor BobKats Lil Critters after questions were raised about liability and public interaction with the animals. Trustee Chairman Michael Hovis said BobKats provided its licensing, insurance and other information to the township, which forwarded the material to its insurance company. The insurer recommended that the township have an agreement prepared by its attorney outlining the terms under which the organization could participate in township events. Hovis said he will cover that expense himself. “I ...