LIBERTY — While Liberty’s America250 celebration was forced to be postponed in July, one trustee noted that things ended up turning out great for them regardless. “We got a lot more people this way — they get to see two things at once, and we got a beautiful night, and we’ve got a ...
WARREN — When Trumbull County Commissioner Rick Hernandez questioned an official of the former Insight Hospital at Trumbull about whether its employees would be able to move their retirement accounts to new accounts, he was told they likely would be able to do so. However, Hernandez added that Dayne Walling, the Insight Health representative he spoke with, told him that hospital officials are still working to one day reopen the facility. To move forward, Insight officials will have to obtain new agreements with the building’s owner, Medical Properties Trust. “Dr. (Jawad) Shah ...
WARREN — A retired Warren police detective filed a complaint in Niles Municipal Court on Tuesday against the city of Niles, its police department, Niles Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz, other city officials and police officers, as well as Central Ohio Railroad in order to hold them accountable for an accident that caused more than $15,000 in damage to his recreational vehicle. Jeffrey R. Hoolihan states in the complaint that on June 23, he and two other persons were traveling east on Mahoning Avenue just north of Pratt Street in the eastbound lane in Hoolihan’s 29-foot 2002 Gulfstream Sun ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The sounds of clarinets, violins, lively dance rhythms and traditional Jewish melodies filled the Jewish Community Center on Monday evening as guests gathered for the final presentation of the J. Newman Levy Speaker Series, featuring The Klezmer Orchestra’s program, ...
Staff report U.S. Sen. Jon Husted introduced bipartisan legislation to help first-time homebuyers tap into unused money from a college savings fund they may have toward a down payment. The First-Time Homebuyer Empowerment Act is co-sponsored by Husted, an Ohio Republican and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat. The bill would allow people to transfer up to $35,000 in leftover college savings from their 529 Plans tax free for the purchase of a first home. Funds in 529 Plans traditionally can only be used for education-related expenses or transferred to a retirement ...
Staff report WARREN — A New Castle man received a consecutive, indefinite prison sentence of 10 to 13.5 years Tuesday from Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia L. Westcott for a Sept. 21 felonious assault in Liberty. A Trumbull County jury found Justin Fry-Starrett, 33, guilty June 30 of felonious assault, domestic violence and failure to comply with order/signal of a police officer. Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Gabriel Wildman said he was pleased with both the jury’s verdict and prison sentence. The verdict came after jurors deliberated for a little more than an ...
