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$16K theft reported in Liberty

LIBERTY — A resident expressed plans to pursue criminal charges against his daughter when Liberty police conclude their investigation into nine stolen items worth approximately $16,000. According to a police report, officers were called Saturday morning regarding a theft, and they met with a man and his wife. The man told officers he and his wife were on vacation, and they had a person at their Logan Arms Drive residence, noting that his daughter — who hasn’t lived there since December — was also seen entering the building, the report states. The man said his daughter still ...

Teacher of the Year

WARREN — Cortland resident Brandi North, who is in her fourth year of teaching first grade at the STEAM Academy in Warren, said she was surprised to receive the ACCEL Schools annual Elementary Teacher of the Year Award. The award is presented yearly to a teacher at a charter ...

Army veteran witnessed end of Cold War

WARREN — The Berlin Wall, a physical symbol of the Cold War, fell on Nov. 9, 1989, when East Germany opened its border crossings. More than 200,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in West Germany and one of those soldiers was Blair Carmichael, who was born in Fulton, Missouri. He ...

Street named to honor family

WARREN TOWNSHIP — Those traveling along Tod Avenue SW will now notice that Sixth Street SW has been officially named “Sixth Street Browner Way” as a tribute to a well-known family who grew up there. The street was dedicated Saturday with large signs at both ends of Sixth Street in ...

Savoring the flavor of National Ice Cream Day

YOUNGSTOWN — Dante Bernard didn’t exactly follow the precise pattern in Big Joe Turner’s 1954 hit blues song “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” but he was content to do quite a bit of at least one of those. “It’s not too much of an exact science. It’s just a nice foundation,” ...

A look back at the Edwards’ home gardens

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. In this 1920s interview excerpt, Miss Elizabeth Iddings, granddaughter of Thomas Denny Webb, recalls the magnificent flower garden that once surrounded the old Edwards home: “There were about one hundred different kinds of flowers in the yard of this old home, all the old-fashioned kinds and lots that we still see each summer. Miss Iddings at one time could recall all the 100 kinds, but many of them have gone from her memory now, and she can remember at ...