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High court supports Lordstown leaders on data center

LORDSTOWN - In a unanimous opinion, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Lordstown officials were within their rights to stop processing the site-plan review requested by a Bristolville 25 developer, which was the first step toward obtaining a permit to construct four three-story data centers and ancillary structures in an area of the Trumbull County village zoned for industrial use. Last year, village officials imposed a moratorium after Bristolville 25 had issued a permit request with the village planning/ zoning office. Mayor Jackie Woodward said she learned of the court's ...

Data center eyed for Logan Avenue site in Youngstown

A company with its main operations in China announced Monday it had entered into a $3.6 million agreement to establish an artificial intelligence data center in Youngstown. In a news release, Valor Energy Inc. said that after 30 business days it plans “to acquire all of the outstanding ...

On the Record: Austintown Board of Education

WHAT: October Austintown Board of Education meeting Who: Kim Smrek, Don Sherwood, Katie Berdis, Fred Marcum and Harold Porter The board: * Approved the September financial and expenditure report and month-end forecast report. * Approved purchase orders over $15,000 and transfers for the month as submitted. * Approved the following donations: $500 from MSVC-MOAA to the Fitch Junior ROTC program; $300 worth of school supplies from Greenford Christian Church to Austintown Elementary School; $500 from the Tim Welsh Memorial Run to Austintown Local Preschool; $250 from Home Depot to ...

Valley victims advocate dies at 86

CORTLAND - Trumbull County victims advocate Miriam Fife, who lost her young son, Raymond, in 1985, gave much of her time helping and counseling thousands of crime victims and their families. Fife died Saturday at 86. She spent a lot of her adult life as a victims advocate for the Trumbull ...

Elections chief addresses poll location changes

YOUNGSTOWN — Voters have raised concerns over polling location changes for the Nov. 3 general election, but Mahoning County Board of Elections officials say it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Director Tom McCabe said eight changes have been made to polling locations across Mahoning County, ...

Acton’s estranged mother calls daughter 'liar'

The brother of Democratic governor nominee Amy Acton sharply criticized an unaired commercial with their estranged mother, who urges voters not to support her daughter and calls her a “liar.” Acton has not spoken to her mother, Donna Stearns Arthur, since September 1978, when her ...