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On the record: Champion and Trumbull County

Champion WHAT: Township trustees meeting June 16 PRESENT: Doug Emerine, Tom Jeffers and Rick York Trustees: • Accepted the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant of $673,877 for the fire department to hire three full-time firefighter/paramedics to improve emergency response times and strengthen community safety. Fire Chief Tom Dempsey has said the total grant program is more than $1,092,774 for the costs of the three firefighters. The federal grant contribution is $673,877 with the township’s share being $418,894 over the three years. He said the ...

On the record: Niles

WHAT: City council meeting June 17 Present: Doug Sollitto, Jimmy Julian, Michael Lastic, Ed Stredney, Aaron Johnstone, James Sheely and Frank Leskovec Absent: Todd Weddell Council: • Held first reading for a resolution authorizing the city to adopt the Trumbull County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. • Passed an ordinance authorizing the execution of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure schedule with American Municipal Power Inc. • Passed an ordinance authorizing the appropriation of funds from the unappropriated general fund for the Advanced Metering ...

Recent Falls grad partakes in ’26 Gold Medal Summit in D.C.

NEWTON FALLS — Recent Newton Falls graduate Ellie Falb, who was one of seven valedictorians and was the winner of the Tribune Chronicle’s annual Twenty Under 20 Award, has added another honor to her list of accomplishments. Falb was part of the 2026 Congressional Gold Medal Class and ...

Champion man accused of stabbing his wife

CHAMPION — A township man is facing attempted murder charges following an incident Monday evening where he is accused of stabbing his wife multiple times. David Sabolsky, 64, was arrested by Champion police and booked into the Trumbull County jail. He was arraigned Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court on charges of attempted murder and felonious assault and is due back in court June 30, jail records show. A police report states police were notified at 9:14 p.m. Monday of a stabbing in the 6000 block of Grassy Point in the township. A man reported his mother-in-law had been stabbed by ...

Mecca officials seek portion of Trumbull’s remaining ARP funds

WARREN — Mecca trustees are seeking $175,000 of Trumbull County’s remaining American Rescue Plan funds to provide the final amount needed to build a town hall and community center that will provide preschool services for its youngest residents as well as medical and social services for its retired residents. Trustee Christen Clemson said during Tuesday’s weekly commissioners workshop that the new town hall will double the amount of child care available from 20 children to 40. The new facility also will be a place where older residents may be able to go for vaccines and other ...

County considers partnership with Healthy Hearts and Paws

WARREN — Healthy Hearts and Paws Project founder Jason Cooke talked at Tuesday’s Trumbull County Commissioners weekly workshop about how the county’s dog pound and his organization each are working at capacity with the quantity of stray dogs being housed at their facilities. “It is really bad out there,” Cooke said. “I have not seen anything like this. It is terrible having that number of stray dogs running loose. The numbers coming in are going up and up.” Cooke said his facility is housing approximately 118 dogs at this time, which is more than double its capacity. ...