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Dog bites woman at Warren shelter

Staff report WARREN — A woman was bitten on her left arm by a dog at a Warren animal shelter earlier this month, according to a Warren police report. The call reporting the serious dog bite came in shortly after 7 p.m. on July 9. Dispatchers on the report noted a second simultaneous call on another line. The initial caller hung up to contact Healthy Hearts and Paws owner Jason Cooke while reporting that the victim had a towel on the injury. No further details on the circumstances or the woman’s condition were released.

‘Mo Musky’ mural will be unveiled Thursday

Staff report WARREN — Drivers crossing the Summit Street bridge may have already begun noticing Warren’s newest resident, “Mo’ Musky,” a 100-foot mural painted by Warren artist Aaron Chine. It overlooks the Mahoning River from the retaining wall at Mahoningside, greeting more than 9,000 motorists each day. The city will unveil the mural at 4 p.m. Thursday. The mural is made possible through a public-private partnership between Warren, the Fund for Warren’s Future, and a grant from the Sherwin-Williams Corporation. During Gov. Mike DeWine’s recent visit to Warren, ...

Girard police investigate stabbing at Chesty’s bar

GIRARD — City police are investigating a stabbing outside Chesty’s Blue Collar Tavern on South State Street that sent a man to the hospital. A police report states police were called to the bar early Friday for a fight that started inside the bar with two men verbally arguing and the fight continued outside where witnesses told police it became physical and a man was stabbed by another man A shirtless man found on a sidewalk near an alleyway by the bar had multiple stab wounds on his back and arm, the police report states. Other people were giving the victim first aid. The ...

Falls places 12-month ban on recovery housing

NEWTON FALLS — Village council has approved placing a 12-month moratorium on new behavioral health, recovery housing, treatment and residential care land uses to allow for more review of zoning codes by the planning and zoning commission. The ordinance was passed as an emergency reading at a recent council meeting. First Ward Councilman Brian Kropp and Second Ward Councilman Brian Axiotis sponsored the ordinance. Kropp said this one-year pause will allow the zoning commission, zoning department and village legal counsel the time to review current zoning codes on land use for ...

Grants support energy study

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium — led by West Virginia University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and more than 60 regional partners — will receive up to $160 million over the next decade from the National Science Foundation to develop innovative technologies to address the nation’s energy needs. RETI was selected as one of 12 U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines award recipients, the NSF announced recently. The funding is projected to generate 21,000 jobs, ...

Champion schools merge positions

CHAMPION — The Board of Education has approved merging the assistant principal for grades K-8 and the technology director positions into a new job description that officials said will save more than $120,000. The board on Monday approved Joseph Tredent, who has been serving as technology director, as the new assistant principal/technology director on a 216-day, three-year contract at $109,000 annually. Superintendent John Grabowski said Tredent has an administrative license and can serve in both positions. “He is excited to get started. He already has built a relationship as ...