HUBBARD — Noelle Venerose collects vintage “Wonder Woman” dolls and has a few Barbie dolls, including one who is disabled and makes her feel like she can do anything. She said she collects the dolls to remind herself who she is, how far she’s come and that her condition doesn’t ...
NEWTON FALLS — Village Police Chief John Barco told council this week that community engagement with residents has increased and that he has been speaking with operators of rehabilitation homes in the village. Barco said he has received calls from residents about recovery houses, prompting him and 1st-Ward Councilman Brian Kropp to contact officials from the Ohio Recovery Housing Commission regarding treatment programs and their impact on the community. Barco said residents have expressed concern about such facilities near their homes. “The meeting we had helped in better ...
WARREN — A city woman was sentenced earlier this week to three years of high-risk probation and ordered to continue counseling at a treatment center for an attempted abduction charge stemming from an incident Aug. 31. Christine Mazanec, 37, of Martin Street SW, pleaded guilty in late February to a fourth-degree felony of attempted abduction. She was sentenced by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott after a background check was completed. According to a Warren police report, officers were dispatched to the Third Christian Church on First Street SW about 10:50 ...
WARREN — An Ashtabula County man was sentenced earlier this week in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to six years in prison on charges of failure to comply with the signal or order of a police officer, a third-degree felony, and a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing, as well as a parole violation. A jury found Dennis L. Brainard, 49, guilty May 11 after about 40 minutes of deliberations, according to the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office. His trial before Judge Ronald Rice lasted one day. Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Burnett called three witnesses to ...
WARREN — A city man was sentenced earlier this week to consecutive prison terms totaling six years after he had pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree attempted aggravated arson. Andrew Jordan, 34, of Malibu Drive SW, was sentenced by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Sarah T. Kovoor. The case, investigated by the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s office, involved the July 13 arson at a Porter Street home in Warren. Three people were home at the time of the fire but managed to escape with minor injuries, according to a police report. A doorbell surveillance video showed a ...
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accused her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods that killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors. It’s one of the state’s first ...
