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Ex-auto title clerk sentenced for theft in office

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WARREN — A former Trumbull County employee has been sentenced to six months in jail for six felonies related to her stealing money and altering records to cover up the crime. Vanessa Clark, 59, of McDonald Avenue in Niles, a former employee of the auto title division of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, was sentenced Tuesday by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor to 180 days in jail, with credit for 88 days already served while awaiting sentencing, court records show. She pleaded guilty May 5 to one count of theft in office and five counts of tampering ...

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WHAT: Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities meeting Monday PRESENT: Melissa Baker, Tim Calderone, Kimberly Hynes and Larry Larson ABSENT: Jodi Glasser and Mauro DiVieste The board: • Approved seeking information from potential housing corporations in order to select one for oversight of the home now managed by Residence of Trumbull County. The person who serves as manager is retiring and the board is seeking a replacement. • Approved selling by internet auction personal property, including school buses, equipment tools, vehicle parts and supplies not needed. • ...

Hubbard cemetery levy will not make ballot

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HUBBARD — A city official said the joint cemetery’s board of trustees is going “back to the drawing board” after a proposed levy aimed at improving the grounds and their roads was rejected. City officials paused official business at last week’s council meeting to discuss placing a 0.5-mill levy on November’s ballot for the Hubbard Union Cemetery on Oakdale Avenue. Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, said the levy is needed because burials are going down because a lot of people are choosing cremation as an alternative. “That accounts for a good part of our ...

Girard officials working to prioritize streets for paving

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GIRARD — With up to $250,000 available for road projects, city council will determine which streets will be paved this year. Councilman Thomas Grumley, D-4th Ward, said at Monday’s council meeting that with a limited amount of funds and higher costs associated with road work, there may be only three to four streets paved. City Engineer Zachary Teter said the city is seeking Ohio Public Works Commission funds, with traffic counts to be done in August and September when the new school year starts because there will be more traffic on the roads. He said the count helps show what ...

Johnson & Johnson agrees to $5.5 billion talc settlement

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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade, said that the settlement is conditioned on at least 95% of remaining claimants participating. A U.S. bankruptcy court judge denied a $9 billion settlement proposed by company subsidiary Red River Talc last year that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history. Johnson & Johnson decided not to appeal that ruling and instead fight on in court. A ...

Trumbull’s investment earnings nearly $750K more than ’25

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WARREN — Trumbull County has earned nearly $750,000 more in interest so far this year than during the same period in 2025, Treasurer Agostino Ragozzino told the Trumbull County Commissioners during their quarterly investment advisory committee meeting Tuesday. Jim McCourt, a certified financial accountant with Meeder Public Funds, told commissioners that the current rise in interest earnings are due, in part, to investment decisions being made for the county and the expectation that interest rates will continue to rise because of the war in Iran and rising inflation rates. Meeder ...