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Niles Times

Western Reserve upsets McDonald

STRUTHERS — With six seconds left, Western Reserve senior Kade Hillis’ lay-up ended the Blue Devils’ 13-year losing drought to McDonald, winning, 54-52, in the Division IV Struthers District semifinals at the Struthers Field House Monday night. “It was the best feeling in my life,” ...

Niles taking steps to demolish ex-school

NILES — City officials are trying to move forward with demolition of the south side’s biggest example of neighborhood blight. The former Garfield Elementary School was closed in 2003 and sold to a private investor at auction in 2005. That investor eventually walked away from plans to make ...

Niles policing for exorbitant profit is wrong

It always has been inconvenient and costly to get your car impounded, but new moves by the city of Niles and private tow companies have increased the fees residents pay and made a business out of impounding cars. Niles collected nearly $220,000 since creation of its impound lot in April 2016. ...

State auditor sends help to Niles

NILES — State Auditor Dave Yost has dispatched a member of the Local Government Services team to reconcile Niles’ books. Since 2015, project managers from the state auditor’s office have been reconciling the books, but the treasurer’s office was supposed to start doing it this year. ...

Active shooter training set for Niles

NILES — Niles City Schools will host A.L.I.C.E. (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training for staff on Monday at the high school. Weathersfield police will lead the training for the 300 staff members on training protocols for response to an active shooter.

Motion in lawsuit claims evidence tampering

WARREN — Niles City Schools officials are accused of tampering with a key piece of evidence in the case of fired teacher Christopher Chieffo, according to a motion filed Feb. 14 in a lawsuit Chieffo filed against the district. Chieffo, 45, was terminated Jan. 18 by the Board of Education ...