Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Raptor Hallow Sanctuary of Alliance brought a variety of animals to Woodland Park in McDonald on Wednesday for a program “Fur, Feather and Scales,” in which children explored the differences between mammals, reptiles and birds. Aaliyah Groves, 10, of ...
WARREN — A former Trumbull County employee has been sentenced to six months in jail for six felonies related to her stealing money and altering records to cover up the crime. Vanessa Clark, 59, of McDonald Avenue in Niles, a former employee of the auto title division of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, was sentenced Tuesday by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor to 180 days in jail, with credit for 88 days already served while awaiting sentencing, court records show. She pleaded guilty May 5 to one count of theft in office and five counts of tampering ...
WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners during their Wednesday meeting approved using $1,955,000 in Trumbull Senior Levy funding to provide services to the county’s senior residents. The county’s senior levy board provided recommendations to the commissioners on how the money should be allocated among organizations that submitted bids for service contracts. Direction Home of Eastern Ohio in Youngstown was awarded $135,000 per year to provide ombudsman services for seniors. Guardianship and Protective Services Inc. of Mineral Ridge received a $135,000 per year contract. Four ...
WARREN — Members of the North End Neighborhood Watch Group want to see vehicles off the roads, especially at night, and their councilwoman is helping them to make it a reality as city officials are banning overnight parking. Councilwoman Tina Milner, D-2nd Ward, told about 20 residents at a neighborhood gathering Tuesday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library said city officials have been addressing problems with people parking on roads. She said no one is permitted to park vehicles on truck routes within the city or during the overnight hours between 11 p.m. and 6 ...
WARREN — A Leavittsburg man was sentenced Tuesday to two-to-three-years in prison in a child pornography case. Allan Patchin, 36, of Burwell Road, also was declared a Tier 2 sex offender by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor, meaning he will have to register his address with the local sheriff every six months for 25 years after he is released from prison. Patchin pleaded guilty May 18 to six counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and four counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, all second-degree ...
HUBBARD — A city official said the joint cemetery’s board of trustees is going “back to the drawing board” after a proposed levy aimed at improving the grounds and their roads was rejected. City officials paused official business at last week’s council meeting to discuss placing a 0.5-mill levy on November’s ballot for the Hubbard Union Cemetery on Oakdale Avenue. Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, said the levy is needed because burials are going down because a lot of people are choosing cremation as an alternative. “That accounts for a good part of our ...
