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MetroParks receives grant for access ramp

Local News July 21, 2026

HOWLAND — A $6,500 grant has been received by the Trumbull County MetroParks for a ramp that needs to be installed at the metroparks office off North River Road. Metroparks Executive Director Zachary Svette said the $6,500 is from the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. He said the metroparks are providing a $6,500 local match with Howland Township donating part of the ramp as well as in-kind work. Svette said the township has a ramp at a house by the cemetery and is bringing it to the metroparks office to be used for a section of the ramp in addition to what is ...

ASMV seeks teacher mini-grant applicants

Local News July 21, 2026

The Autism Society of Mahoning Valley is now accepting applications for its 2026 Teacher Mini-Grants Program, which provides funding to educators serving autistic students throughout Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. Made possible by the support of Associated School Employees Credit Union, the Teacher Mini-Grants Program invests directly in local classrooms and educators who help students with autism and other special needs thrive. This year’s program will award grants of $750, $500 and $250 to support innovative classroom projects, including sensory resources, ...

Agenda

Community News July 21, 2026

• TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the commissioners hearing room for their weekly meeting. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the township hall to approve a contract for the Ohio Patrolmen Benevolent Association. • WARREN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal justice building with caucus at 4:15 p.m. • WARREN-HOWLAND JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT will meet at 3 p.m. today at the county planning commission conference room. • BROOKFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet ...

5 dead in attempt to save swimmer in an Ohio river

National News July 21, 2026

POWELL (AP) — Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child with the group who was running along a nearby road to seek help, Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said at a news conference Monday. The group had gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one of them went into the river for a swim. “And that’s when the tragedy started to occur,” Balzer said, adding others who ...

Senators demand answers from ICE after fatal shootings

National News July 21, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency’s vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers. The demands came in a letter spearheaded by Maine’s Independent Sen. Angus King, signed by 38 Democratic senators and sent to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. The demands follow two deadly shootings in which ICE officers ...

Agenda

Community News July 20, 2026

• LAKEVIEW BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the high school media center. • TRUMBULL COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Personnel Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the planning commission office for an executive session on appointment of public employees. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • BRACEVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the ...