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County water board chairman steps down

CHAMPION — The chairman of a committee created to provide oversight regarding water rates in Trumbull County noted frustration with a lack of a quorum at meetings and stagnating regionalization talks as part of why he was stepping down from the position. In an email to all three of the county’s commissioners Tuesday evening, former Champion Township Trustee Rex Fee, who was appointed as chairman of the county’s Water Advisory Panel, announced that he was resigning from the position — effective immediately. County Commissioner Tony Bernard called for the group’s formation ...

River Rock moves to Packard Saturday

River Rock at the Amp will have a roof this weekend. Sunrise Entertainment, promoter of the outdoor concert series at the Warren Community Amphitheatre, will move Saturday’s show featuring the Michael Jackson tribute Who’s Bad and Bruno Mars tribute Uptown Funk to Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. The smoke from Canadian wildfires that caused a statewide air quality advisory is less of a concern than the thunderstorms in the forecast for much of Saturday. “As soon as the storm comes through, the smoke won’t be an issue,” Sunrise President Ken Haidaris said. ...

Hubbard council OKs dam resolution

HUBBARD — Another step has been taken toward removing a dam in the community, partially as a result of a resolution approved by city council. At a council meeting earlier this month, city officials approved authorizing the city’s board of control to advertise for qualifications for design-build services associated with the Valley Mould Dam — suspending the second and third readings and passing it as read. The resolution’s approval comes a month after Mayor Ben Kyle reported the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments had secured all the funding necessary to remove the dam, ...

8 seek to fill opening on McDonald council

McDONALD — Two former mayors, a one-time fire chief and several residents have applied to fill an opening on village council as Councilman Don Smith attended his final meeting Wednesday. Smith, a 27-year resident who served as chairman of the finance and capital improvement committee and levy committee, is moving next month with his family. Mayor Ray Lewis said council will be reviewing the eight applicants to have someone in place for the Aug. 19 meeting. The applicants are former mayors James Border and Marty Puckett, former fire chief Nicholas Kish, and residents Dylan ...

McDonald residents seek meetings to develop plan for data centers

MCDONALD — Village residents are urging council and the administration to conduct public meetings on how they would prepare for a potential data center proposal, including developing a plan with clear guidelines and restrictions before a data center expresses interest in locating there. Residents said they are particularly concerned if a data center wants to locate at the former McDonald Steel property. Mayor Ray Lewis told more than 15 residents at Wednesday’s meeting that the planning commission has been working on a plan to have guidelines in place for data centers and other ...

North Bloomfield man gets probation for ICE threats

Charles Bronson Ingram, 47, of North Bloomfield was sentenced recently in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to the amount of time he had already served locked up plus three years of probation and restrictions on his computer usage for posting threatening remarks about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and others on YouTube. Ingram pleaded guilty in April to influencing and intimidating a federal official by threat and interstate threatening communications. Judge Charles E. Fleming imposed the standard conditions of supervision, such as Ingram staying in touch with his ...