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Bazetta works on agreement with wildlife exhibitor

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BAZETTA — Township officials are working on a formal agreement with wildlife exhibitor BobKats Lil Critters after questions were raised about liability and public interaction with the animals. Trustee Chairman Michael Hovis said BobKats provided its licensing, insurance and other information to the township, which forwarded the material to its insurance company. The insurer recommended that the township have an agreement prepared by its attorney outlining the terms under which the organization could participate in township events. Hovis said he will cover that expense himself. “I ...

Leavittsburg Dam removal completed

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LEAVITTSBURG — The Trumbull County Metroparks has officially completed the removal of the Leavittsburg Dam, which has been a controversial subject in recent years. Metroparks Executive Director Zachary Svette was at Canoe City this week where he showed how the Mahoning River is now flowing ...

Homeless man sentenced to 2 years for child luring at Warren gas station

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Staff report WARREN — Homeless man Francisco J. Flores, 38, pleaded guilty to felony gross sexual imposition and abduction and misdemeanor criminal child enticement Thursday for two child luring cases involving teen girls at a Warren gas station May 24. Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Wescott sentenced Flores to two years in prison. Flores is also now required to register as a sex offender once per year for 15 years. Flores also faces possible deportation. The case involved two separate child-luring cases at the Pit Stop gas station on Youngstown Road ...

New Trumbull Job and Family Services director to be named

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WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to name a new executive director for the Trumbull County Job and Family Services agency soon. Nine of the approximately dozen contenders who applied for the position have been interviewed, according to Commissioner Rick Hernandez. Three candidates received second interviews. A new director is expected to be announced within the next one to three weeks. The county is expected to make an offer for employment and then give the candidate time to inform his or her current employer. John Gargano, the former director, retired ...

Leavittsburg group celebrates 30th year

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LEAVITTSBURG — In 1996, a group of Leavittsburg residents were concerned with the littering and debris at the intersection of West Market Street and South Leavitt Road and decided to do something about it. The residents gathered and formed a group they called the Downtown Leavittsburg Improvement Association, which today is known as the Leavittsburg Heritage Association. Shirley Combs said at the 1996 meeting she was elected president of the group, a title she continues to hold 30 years later. The group’s members gathered this week at the Leavittsburg Heritage Museum run on West ...

Air quality concerns in county administration building arise

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WARREN — A county employee told Trumbull County Commissioners that the air quality in the county’s administration building may be making employees sick. Beth Toth of the Trumbull County Auditor’s Office told the commissioners during Tuesday’s workshop there are some concerns about the air quality in the auditor’s office. She provided commissioners Tony Bernard, Rick Hernandez and Denny Malloy with results of air quality tests that she, on her own, conducted that indicated there had been formaldehyde readings in the air. “Everybody is constantly sick in our offices with ...