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Niles board updates bonds

Local News July 31, 2026

NILES — Nearly a decade has passed since certain bonds were purchased as part of a district’s project, and the Niles Board of Education passed resolutions that would save the district money as part of a loop. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Niles Board of Education approved a pair of resolutions, the first one providing the issuance and sale of them in their maximum principal amount of $735,000, and the other one for $9,910,000. Both resolutions authorize the refinancing of the district’s outstanding June 20, 2017, school facilities improvement bonds to reduce interest charges and ...

Seeing Eye: America250 celebration

Community News July 31, 2026

STARS AND BARS CELEBRATE AMERICA250: Stars, Bars and Cars car show will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ernie Hall Aviation Museum. SLOAS Airport, 4033 North River Road, Howland. The event will include displays of airplanes and cars. Proceeds from the event will support local charities and provide scholarships for aviation students. UPTON HOUSE: The historic Harriet Taylor Upton House on Mahoning Avenue in Warren will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited to visit the 1840 home Harriet Taylor Upton brought the headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage ...

Pet supplies collected for area agencies

Local News July 31, 2026

Menards home improvement store in Bazetta is serving as a pet supply collection site through August and September. Donations collected at the store, located at 2015 Wal Mart Drive NE, will be forwarded to an area humane agency. There is a collection box near the exit doors at Menards to place donations. Menards offers a wide variety of pet supplies that will be donated, including food, treats, feeders, collars, beds, storage containers, mats and more.

Two women plead guilty in separate cases

Local News July 31, 2026

WARREN — Two women, one from Warren and one from Campbell, pleaded guilty Wednesday to various charges and will be sentenced later. Nina Colbert, 26, of Belvedere Avenue, Warren, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery, one count of felony burglary and one count misdemeanor domestic violence before Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean O’Brien. She was convicted of breaking into the Belvedere Avenue home of an 88-year-old woman and knocking her to the ground in April. She also was convicted of robbing her 73-year-old grandmother. She could face indefinite prison ...

Mahoning River Water Trail gets green light in Girard

Local News July 31, 2026

GIRARD — City Council has approved Girard officials participating with other local communities and leaders to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail. At their meeting this week, officials said that Girard will join other communities such as Howland, Weathersfield, McDonald, Youngstown, Campbell, Struthers, Lowellville and Poland to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail as a means to encourage tourism and eco-friendly, educational, historical, cultural and recreational activities on the river. Mayor Mark Zuppo will be the official representative of the city to participate in the ...

US and Iran trade missile barrages

International News July 31, 2026

CAIRO — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict. Following a few days of respite, fears of a wider war have grown, with renewed fighting threatening to engulf even more countries. Jordan said Thursday it intercepted Iranian missiles for the second consecutive day, while Kuwait said a strike in the northern part of the country killed one person. Also this week, drones caused fires on ships at an Egyptian port, and Saudi Arabia said it came ...