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Warren’s Mobile STEM Unit earns accolades

WARREN — The city school district on Wednesday celebrated its Mobile STEM Lab being named Farber Specialty Vehicles’ 2025 Vehicle of the Year. District officials, students, community leaders and representatives from Farber Specialty Vehicles gathered at the unit to honor the customized ...

Niles OKs data center moratorium

NILES — Residents in opposition of data centers will be able to rest easy for a while, as city officials took action to ease their concerns about one entering the community. City council on Wednesday approved placing a 180-day moratorium on the granting or issuing of new permits for data ...

Elections board to have hearing on residency issue

WARREN — The Trumbull County Board of Elections will have a June 1 investigatory hearing into an allegation that Jason Miner falsely used the address of a house destroyed in a fire on nominating petitions to get elected as a Republican central committee member. The board voted 4-0 Wednesday to have the hearing based on a May 11 complaint from James Walker of Belvedere Avenue in Warren. Also at the meeting, the board certified the results of the May 5 election, which included Miner being elected as the Republican central committee member for Warren 5F. He ran unopposed and received ...

Cortland rejects emergency order for event space project

CORTLAND — City Council voted Monday to move forward with a project to build an outdoor event space on West Main Street. However, the project will proceed more slowly than city officials had requested after council rejected emergency legislation tied to the project. Mayor Jim Bradley said the emergency designation was requested to give city administrators more time to prepare reports to the Ohio Office of Budget and Management before the end of June and to get work moving. “I’m just looking to gain extra time for our admin staff to be able to compile everything and submit the ...

Cover Down Fund recognizes 11 scholarship recipients

HOWLAND — Herm Breuer said the evening was more than just about scholarships, noting the importance of history as a local veterans organization took on the legacy of one that hosted its final gathering in December — bequeathing scholarships. “It is about the legacy of service ...

Braceville officials learn about planned roundabout

BRACEVILLE — Township officials have been notified by the Ohio Department of Transportation of a proposed project to construct a roundabout at the busy intersection of state Routes 5 and 534. Ray Marsch, ODOT District 4 spokesman, said the project will be several years out as the first step of securing funding for the project is taking place. “This project is safety-driven,” Marsch said. “Between 2021 and 2025, a total of 28 crashes happened at that intersection, and about half of them resulted in injuries, and there were three fatalities.” “Everything is contingent ...