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Warren woman accused in $60K theft

WARREN — A Warren woman accused of stealing from a residence where she was working is set to appear back in court Thursday. Caunswayla Porter, 32, pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft in front of Warren Municipal Court Judge Patricia Knepp on Friday. According to a police report, Champion officers were called to a Pleasant Street residence April 3 for a theft report and spoke with the residents, who said 16 pieces of jewelry, a Smith and Wesson special five-shot revolver handgun, and approximately $125 in quarters and small bills were stolen. The male resident said he saw ...

Champion approves EMS rates for mutual aid calls

CHAMPION — Trustees on Tuesday approved new billing rates for mutual aid calls to neighboring townships. Trustee Chairman Doug Emerine said the rates adopted at the meeting are for an understaffed neighboring fire department of at least one person at station when Champion responds the cost is $285 for paramedic assist service per occurrence and $150 for emergency medical technician assist service. He said if the mutual aid call is for a fire department that has no staffing at all, the cost for Champion to transport by ambulance a resident in another community is $750 per ...

Valley leads state in human-trafficking arrests

COLUMBUS — The Mahoning Valley has become the hot spot in Ohio for human trafficking arrests, according to a new report from state Attorney General Dave Yost. The report, titled “The Drivers of Demand” and commissioned by Yost, provides a first-ever look at sex buyers arrested in Ohio and the criminal consequences they have faced. It concludes that more sex buyers are being arrested and prosecuted in the state, but jail time and fines remain minimal, and a mandate that offenders attend “john school” is inconsistently enforced. The report reveals data on sex buyers charged ...

Years of chaos, differences built to Civil War

EDITOR’S NOTE: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart. “For the newly independent United States, the first order of business was to establish a national government,” said Roger Micker, president of the Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable. “From 1781 ...

Vote on Miner’s residency postponed

WARREN — Despite all four Trumbull County Board of Elections members expressing skepticism about Jason Miner’s insistence that he did not falsely use an address on a nomination petition to get elected as a Republican central committee member, the board will take more time to consider the ...

Hubbard passes 1-year data center halt

HUBBARD — City officials moved forward with action to quell residents’ concerns about a potential data center, placing a suspension on any action that would allow one to enter the community. Officials at Monday’s regular council meeting approved a 12-month moratorium on the construction, placement or operation of a data center within the city, and declared an emergency. Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, who requested that Law Director Mark Villano draw up the necessary legislation for it at a May 18 meeting, said officials normally do three readings on most matters to ...