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Ultium layoffs extend to August

Staff report Laid off Ultium Cells workers must wait until August before returning to the company’s Lordstown facility, a media outlet reported Friday. In a dispatch from Detroit, Reuters news service cited the slow-moving electrical vehicle market for the move. General Motors and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution are co-owners of the battery cell plant. “Ultium Cells Ohio employees who have been on temporary layoff status are now expected to return in ​August,” Ultium told Reuters. Earlier this week, Ultium recalled a limited number of workers. GM said it was ...

Author feasts on stories from Ohio restaurants

WARREN — Growing up in the small Ohio town of Plain City and taking road trips with her family, Brandy Gleason soon developed a deep appreciation for the open road. That appreciation has led to a huge following in the past six years on social media, with more than 1.5 million followers, ...

Engler urges court to let his case proceed

Trumbull County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division Court Judge David L. Engler disputes a state attorney’s claims to the Ohio Supreme Court that his lawsuit seeking to stop abortions in the state should be dismissed because of flawed legal arguments. In response to the dismissal request by the state attorney general’s office, Engler, a pro-life Republican judge, wrote that he has legal standing to file the case because the state’s abortion law takes away his authority to consider abortions for minors if petitioned through a judicial-bypass hearing. The right to an abortion in ...

Metroparks to offer options for Braceville log cabin

WARREN — The Trumbull County commissioners are expected to hear Trumbull County MetroParks Board Executive Director Zachary Svette outline options the metroparks board can take in selling a historic log cabin in Braceville. Terrance Shavers of the Braceville Historical Society recommended this week to the commissioners that they provide a written proposal for the acquisition of the log cabin at 3256 Nelson Mosier Road, and he provided the commissioners with a draft proposal. In the proposal, the county will seek to contract with Barnwood Builders of West Virginia to restore the ...

Station celebrates 50 years of reading

LIBERTY — The Goodwill cafeteria was full of laughter and stories Thursday evening as the Youngstown Radio Reading Service celebrated 50 years of broadcasting for blind and print-impaired people in the community. The station, technically a subcarrier of WYSU-FM, began in 1976 in the Society ...

ODOT announces road adjustments for work

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced the following new road adjustments for Mahoning and Trumbull counties: TRUMBULL COUNTY • U.S. Route 62 from just south of Interstate 80 to the Pennsylvania State line in Brookfield and Hubbard townships has various lane restrictions for pavement repairs. • Starting Monday, state Route 7 southbound at Route 62 will be closed through early July for road improvements. The detour will be Chestnut Ridge Road to Route 62. The estimated completion is October. • Starting June 8, state Route 5 just east of Windham Road in Newton ...