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$1M bond set for man charged in fatal crash

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 ...

Waterline extension, traffic signal upgrades planned for expansion at Lordstown plant

LORDSTOWN — Village officials have approved an agreement with Crescent Dune, which will provide funding for engineering and construction costs for a waterline extension and additional traffic control signals by the former General Motors building that the company plans to expand next year. Solicitor Matt Ries said at Monday’s council meeting that after several months of work, the agreement has been finalized and signed by Crescent Dune officials. Ries said Crescent Dune, which owns the former General Motors property, has agreed to install waterline connectors from the property ...

Trumbull may join Huntington credit program

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners are looking to join a statewide consortium of other counties working with Huntington Bank that will enable it to use bank provided credit cards to pay for a variety of transactions. The proposed system, if approved, will allow the county to pay vendors and other services through the credit card system and receive cash back rewards. The County Commissioners Association of Ohio, an association of county commissioners, has partnered with Huntington Bank to expand this program throughout the state. Counties in the program get annual rebates ...

New Trumbull JFS agency chief selected

WARREN — Trumbull County Commiss-ioners are expected today to hire Matthew J. Glidewell as director of Trumbull County Job and Family Services and the Child Support Enforcement Agency at a salary of $99,450 per year. Glidewell has been the assistant superintendent of the Ashtabula County ...

Hubbard voters to decide on ban on data centers

HUBBARD — Data centers have been a hot topic across Trumbull County over the past year, and Hubbard voters will decide Nov. 3 if they want to ban them from the city. Hubbard residents collected more than 750 signatures — nearly twice the minimum 370 required — in July for an initiative allowing Hubbard residents to decide whether they want to keep or outright ban data centers in the city. The option comes after residents expressed concerns about a data center development around Deer Creek Golf Course as part of Project Milo, which Mayor Ben Kyle previously spoke of in February ...