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Cortland sets contract terms for new fire chief

Local News July 9, 2026

CORTLAND — The city is moving forward with appointing a new fire chief following the retirement of longtime Chief David Rea. Council gave first reading Monday to an ordinance establishing the salary, benefits and terms of employment for fire Captain Todd Price, who placed first on the city’s civil service examination for the position. Mayor Jim Bradley said the ordinance will return for a second reading as an emergency measure to ensure a smooth transition after Rea retires July 23. Bradley said Price’s salary will be identical to the current chief’s salary, which is ...

Trump: US will give Ukraine license to produce Patriots

National News July 9, 2026

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit Wednesday in Turkey that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems to counter missile attacks from Russia in their more than four-year war, a huge coup for Kyiv which has long requested the technology. Allowing foreign manufacture of Patriots, which the U.S. had resisted, was a turnaround for Trump that mirrored his day at the NATO meeting: Upon arriving, he lashed out at European partners for resisting his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran. ...

Former Vienna fiscal officer’s appeal denied

Local News July 9, 2026

VIENNA — The township’s former fiscal officer can continue to count off the days until her prison stay concludes. That’s because Linda McCullough, who served as the township’s fiscal officer from 2019 to early 2024, has exhausted all of her appeals after the Ohio Supreme Court denied jurisdiction of her case Tuesday, according to a news release from the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office. McCullough is serving eight years in prison at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville following Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia Westcott’s verdict on convictions of ...

Lordstown OKs $150K income tax payments to school district

Local News July 9, 2026

LORDSTOWN — The village has approved payments of more than $150,000 to the Lordstown Local School District from the income tax of employees who work in the village. Council voted this week to have Village Clerk William Blank pay the school district $64,499 from TJX HomeGoods, $9,558 from Matalco Inc. and $80,125 from Ultium Cells LLC. The village and school district have an income tax sharing agreement in which the schools receive some of the income tax from employees who work at the three companies. Council also approved final reading on placing a temporary moratorium not to ...

Agenda

Community News July 9, 2026

• WARREN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 1 p.m. today at the township hall for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with the Ohio Police Benevolent Association. • NEWTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. Friday at the township hall to discuss proceeding to place township gas aggregation on the November ballot, adopt the 2027 alternative tax budget, approve the purchase of an axle for the cemetery mower and approve previous meeting minutes. Action may be taken.