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SEEING EYE: Ribbon-cutting set for Phase 4 of Niles Greenway Trail

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RIBBON CUTTING: A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. Friday at the Niles Greenway Trailhead, 104 East Church St., Niles. The event will celebrate the completion of the Western Reserve Greenway Bike Trail Phase 4 part of the trail, which is part of the Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway. MCDONALD OKTOBERFEST: McDonald village will host its annual Oktoberfest 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Woodland Park off Ohio Avenue. The fall-themed event will include food, live entertainment, vendors, contests and children’s activities. TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION TO MEET: The Trumbull ...

ON THE RECORD | Lordstown Village Council, Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities meetings

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Lordstown WHAT: Village council meeting Monday PRESENT: Robert Bond, Mark McGrail, Lamar Liming, Jamie Moseley, Jessica Blank, Ron Radtka and Mayor Jackie Woodward Council: ● Approved Shelley and Sands Inc. of North Jackson for the resurfacing of Helmick Drive, Chester Avenue and Westview Avenue at a cost not to exceed $129,121, payable from the streets capital improvement fund. ● Heard from Village Engineer Chris Kogelnik that resurfacing work has begun on Lyntz Road and Henn Parkway Road. He said work also has begun on the state Route 45 water booster station ...

State attorney general candidates to debate at YSU

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The two candidates for attorney general — Republican Keith Faber and Democrat John Kulewicz — will debate Oct. 19 at Youngstown State University with the Youngstown Press Club hosting. The candidates issued a joint statement reading: “We look forward to a free, fair and informative debate for Ohio voters. We appreciate the Youngstown Press Club hosting with the Youngstown State University Office of Government Affairs providing this opportunity for Ohioans to get to know each of us and our policies as candidates for Ohio’s chief law enforcement ...

Man denied new trial in murder of woman

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WARREN — Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals has upheld a Trumbull County Common Pleas judge’s decision to deny a motion by a convicted Warren murderer to be allowed to request a new trial. Three 11th District appeals judges upheld the decision Sept. 28 that Felix O. Brown Jr., 67, of Warren, could not file a motion for a new trial. Brown was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison in the February 1995 shooting death of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Monica Brandon, in a Niles apartment. Brown lost other appeals and motions. including twice being refused by the Ohio ...

State clears Howland officer in shooting

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YOUNGSTOWN — A Howland police officer who was involved in a shooting in Youngstown last year appears to have been cleared after a state investigation. A report made available recently by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation explains what happened last October when Howland officer Keith Peterson, a member of the Mahoning Valley Critical Response Team, found Arthur Tyrone Mitchell in the attic of a Rush Boulevard home. The Mahoning Valley Prosecutor’s Office, upon review of the report, has determined categorically there is no cause to pursue charges against the ...

$1M bond set for man charged in fatal crash

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WARREN — Bond of $1 million was set Monday in Warren Municipal Court during the arraignment for Brandon Greathouse, 32, of Warren, on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, three counts of aggravated vehicular assault and three counts of drunken driving in the April 27 head-on crash on East Market Street that killed his wife, Jessica Mason-Greathouse, 32, of Niles. Brandon Greathouse also waived a preliminary hearing on the five felony offenses, and the case was bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury. The three counts of felony aggravated vehicular assault filed ...