WEATHERSFIELD — Local school board member Tim Gleason died Thursday at the age of 71. His wife, Sherry, said her husband was riding his bicycle on a local bike trail, where he suffered a heart attack. “He died doing what he loved,” she said. Gleason served the school district for ...
WARREN — Four people pleaded guilty and three others were sentenced in felony cases in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court over the past week. • Gabriel Lofton, 37, Ward Street NW, Warren, was sentenced by Judge Sarah T. Kovoor to three years in prison after being convicted of one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, for possessing 21 grams of methamphetamine. The judge noted that Lofton has five previous criminal convictions resulting in prison sentences. “Unless you’ve been in prison for almost all of your adult life, you’ve been out committing ...
Initial unemployment claims statewide jumped 1,613 last week, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday. Ohioans filed 7,719 initial unemployment claims May 31 through June 6. Ohioans filed 41,073 continued unemployment during the period, which was 1,483 more than the previous week. The total number of claims filed for the period was 48,792. The state unemployment rate in April was 3.9%. The national unemployment rate in April was 4.3%. Ohio’s labor force participation rate in April was 61.9%. The national labor force participation rate in April was ...
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Berkeley Springs will host a panel discussion Sunday to look at the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), the data centers powering the revolution and the politics that are growing contentious, not just in West Virginia, but nationwide. Tangle News — a national news outlet that looks at politics and summarizes the various arguments from right, left, and center — is having a live-taping of its podcast, called “Suspensions of the Rules!” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Historic Star Theater in Berkeley Springs. The podcast discussion will focus on the ...
Warren WHAT: City Council meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Michael Shrodek, D-5th Ward; James Shaffer, D-4th Ward; Greg Greathouse, D-3rd Ward; Tina Milner, D-2nd Ward; Honeya Price, D-6th Ward; Helen Rucker, D-at Large; Michael O’Brien, D-at Large; Greg Thumm, D-at Large ABSENT: Todd Johnson, I-1st Ward; and Ron White, D-7th Ward Council: • Approved ordinance allowing the mayor and the director of public service and safety to discard municipal personal property, including motor vehicles and road machinery that are no longer needed for any municipal purpose or are obsolete with no ...
Property transfers recorded June 1-5 in Trumbull County: Bazetta Patricia A. Sons to James D. II and Vickie S. Farmer, 3203 Morrow Drive, $350,333 Carla J. Lyman Hurd and Lisa Lyman Kosess to Donte I. and Sarah L. Fellows, 3472 state Route 5, $188,000 Russell J. Schmidt to Mark Williams, 3314 Woodland Trail Unit C, $95,000 Braceville Christy A. Schmitz to Alice L. and Thomas A. Garro, 4401 Shanks Phalanx Road, $65,000 Bristol Mark A. and Linda J. Yoder to Danny Ray Yoder, 5737 Girdle Road, $85,000 Brookfield Ashley M. Buchanan to Albert Haywood and Alison Breighner, ...
