ERIE, Pa. --- Nine people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday. Police said the suspected shooter was also dead. “I have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah told a local news station. “I’m ...
HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Gregory Connors, 43, of Youngstown, was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 80 eastbound that involved two other vehicles that were stopped on the highway because of traffic. The Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a press release Saturday morning stating that the crash occurred at 4:55 p.m. in Hubbard Township. The release states that Connors was in the left lane, failed to slow down, and “clipped the right rear portion” of a 2011 Subaru Legacy operated by Nicholas Shields, 23, of Elyria, then continued into the right lane and struck ...
State Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Canfield, is being challenged for his 59th Ohio House District seat by Democrat Wayne Penny Jr. Fischer, a political consultant, was appointed June 26, 2024, to fill the remainder of Al Cutrona’s term after the latter was selected to an open state Senate position. ...
State Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, faces Democrat John Barbo, Geneva City Council president and a longtime high school science teacher, in the 65th Ohio House District race. The district includes Girard, Liberty, Hubbard, McDonald, Vienna as well as large sections of rural Trumbull County and much of Ashtabula County. The district favors Republicans by about 15%, based on partisan statewide voting results during the past decade. Barbo didn’t enter the race until mid-June when he replaced Lorna J. Westlake of Austinburg, the Democratic nominee who had to withdraw because of her ...
CANFIELD — Residents packed city hall on Wednesday to voice their concerns over the Type 2 annexation of 11 acres at the end of Laurel Hills Lane on the city’s northwest corner. Attorney George P. Millich Jr. represented the developer that purchased the land, On Mark Communities LLC. “The proposed development would have high quality, upscale single-family homes,” Millich said. “The average price would be between $500,000 to $1 million.” He said it would be a “triple win,” with the city gaining the income taxes, the township getting the property taxes and the residents ...
It has been nearly a month since Mahoning Valley Sanitary District representatives were invited to speak with Niles officials prior to a council meeting about a potential rate increase, and judges have issued their opinion. According to a judgement entry electronically filed with the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Wednesday, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio and Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean O’Brien gave the go-ahead for a rate hike on MVSD customers from Jan. 1, 2027, to Dec. 31, 2029. The MVSD provides bulk drinking water to the cities of ...
