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County plans to pass jail contract with Warren

WARREN — The Trumbull Commissioners are expected on Wednesday to pass a proposed three-year contract with Warren to provide jail services in which the city will pay the county $500,000 this year, $515,000 in 2027 and $530,450 in 2028 to house its prisoners. The new contract will be a substantial increase from the amount the city paid the county in 2025, which was $450,000. Warren has not paid the county any money to house its prisoners since the beginning of the year because a new contract had not been established. Commissioner Denny Malloy at Tuesday’s weekly commissioners ...

Girard to conduct feasibility study for mountain bike trail

GIRARD — City officials are planning to have a feasibility study done to determine if a mountain bike trail can be placed at the Girard Lower Lakes property. Councilman Tod Latell, D-at Large, requested legislation be prepared for an upcoming meeting to have city officials work with the Rust Belt Revival Trail Coalition for a possible mountain bike trail in Girard. Resident Tonya Carpenter invited council members to see the mountain bike trail at Lake Milton. Latell said the June 9 gathering at Lake Milton was “eye opening to see how their mountain bike trail worked.” He ...

Braceville trustees OK demolition of former school

BRACEVILLE — Township trustees have given approval to proceed with the demolition of the former Vaughn School building off Braceville Robinson Road. Trustees had a special meeting recently where they spoke to Aziz Roshid, who owns the property, noting that little work has been done on the building over the years, so demolition is the next step. Roshid said he planned to get work done on the building’s roof now that the weather has improved. He said roof replacement work would cost $100,000. He said when funds became available, plans were to make improvements to the windows and ...

Bill would require Border Patrol to adopt shelter dogs

Congressman Dave Joyce introduced a bill to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as part of the agency’s Support Canine Program. The CBP in 2023 launched the Support Canine Program to improve staff morale, assist in grief, aid in trauma recovery from critical incidents and strengthen community outreach. This bill — co-sponsored by Joyce, R-Bainbridge, whose district includes all of Trumbull County, and U.S. Rep. Lou Correa, a California Democrat — would enhance the program by creating a ...

Western Pennsylvania revolutionized energy

EDITOR’S NOTE: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in the extraction of oil, coal and natural gas took place. We’ll explore that this week as we continue to build up to America’s semiquincentennial on July 4. America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. Coal, timber, oil and natural gas have fueled ...

Troubled Reflecting Pool faces fresh scrutiny

WASHINGTON — The saga over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool took a turn as President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested over recent damage. The president’s troubled $14-million-plus rehabilitation project has become a visceral flashpoint over law enforcement, ...