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On the record

Local News July 25, 2026

Bristol WHAT: Township trustee meetings July 7 and 21 PRESENT: Jeff Waldeck, Rhonda Snyder and Doug Seemann Trustees: • Approved work on the Sager Cemetery old stone chapel wall at $4,200 with a Department of Commerce grant of $3,000 to help cover costs. • Discussed plans for filling and burying a time capsule at the park at the Bristol Historical Society re-enactment weekend Oct. 17. Plans are to bury it for 50 years and open it during the country’s tricentennial. Seemann said Ventling Memorial suggested an urn vault as it would be water tight and a marker. • Approved ...

Agenda

Community News July 25, 2026

• TRUMBULL BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the board room at the Tomaski Center in Niles. • NEWTON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the township hall. • HUBBARD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the board meeting room. • LIBERTY BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the high school auditorium. • GIRARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building, with streets/sidewalks committee at 6 p.m., economic development committee at 6:20 p.m. and buildings and grounds committee ...

US military says it fired on merchant vessel trying to breach blockade of Iranian ports

International News July 25, 2026

IRBIL, Iraq — The U.S. military said Friday that it fired on another merchant vessel that was trying to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf. The U.S. and Iran showed no sign of backing away from their conflict after a 13th ...

Mecca officials will rebid for township hall project

Local News July 25, 2026

MECCA — For the second time, township trustees will rebid the township hall project that has been scaled down. Trustee Chairman Tom Domes said trustees decided at the July meeting to proceed with rebidding the project with several project adjustments made to the plans. Stephanie Holko from Phillips Sekanick Architects presented a revised floor plan for the building that better aligns within the township’s budget. Holko suggested trustees go out for bid with a scaled down design plan and if additional money becomes available, trustees can add a buildout as the project moves along ...

Calling for backup

Business July 25, 2026

DETROIT — Winter Storm Uri, the multiday freeze that slammed Texas in February 2021 and pummeled the state’s power grid, has been on Kenneth Kovar’s mind ever since. Though the resident of New Braunfels, northeast of San Antonio, didn’t lose power at the time, he wasn’t able to run ...

Kilcawley project gets $1 million boost

Local News July 25, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — The Marjorie Hartman Family Foundation has made a $1 million gift to Youngstown State University’s Kilcawley: Centered on the Future campaign — something that has added a major boost to the student center, as well as efforts Tina Costarella began a decade ago. “In 2017, ...