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Trumbull agency warns of potential outbreak of measles

Because Ashtabula County residents with measles were at a July 18 horse sale auction in Bloomfield, the Trumbull County Combined Health District is warning of a potential exposure to what it calls “a highly contagious respiratory virus.” The Ashtabula County Health Department confirmed two measles cases in the county. Ashtabula County had an outbreak last year of measles with 10 unvaccinated people contracting the disease. The two Ashtabula County residents who currently have measles were at the Bloomfield Horse Sale Auction, 2211 Kinsman Road N.W., on July 18. Most people ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded July 13 to 17 in Mahoning County and July 13-16 in portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Victoria M. Flick to Dennis J. Bowers, 4480 Viall Road, $91,050 John M. Smith Jr. to Preston Smith, 5711 Colgate Ave., $200,000 Christine Stacy to REMD Investments 2 LLC, 4004 Mahoning Ave., $70,000 Jerry J. Heavener and Deborah L. Heavener to Ronald L. Bann, 3902 Ayrshire Drive, $228,000 The Pati J. Fergus Trust to Ryan D. Powell, 5664 Colgate Ave., $205,000 Conor B. Chrystal and Alexis M. Benyo to Justin Edward Metzel and Alyssa Nicole Kovacs, 5667 Cider ...

City to PUCO: Change or ax heating hikes

The city of Youngstown requested the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio vacate or modify an order that granted significant rate increases to SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which provides steam heat for most of downtown, and grant it permission to intervene in the matter. Law Director Adam Buente, on behalf of the city, made the requests in a filing Friday with the PUCO. The city’s request — like one made June 16 by the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel — to intervene will be considered by the commission or by a PUCO administrative judge. The OCC is the statewide legal ...

Scrappers’ Cayden Evans all about business and baseball

NILES — Mahoning Valley Scrappers infielder Cayden Evans recently completed his senior year at Columbus State University, where he majored in Business. True to his major, Evans is currently involved in a pair of businesses at once. Evans recently opened his own business, Sippin’ Pretty Loaded Tea, a Florida-based mobile business that offers nutritional tea infused with caffeine, herbs and vitamins. “Me and my girlfriend came up with the idea. She worked at a nutrition store for about three years, so we teamed up,” Evans said. “She’s running things right now. We set ...

Police killing of homeless man roils capital city of Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Protesters burst into a Thursday news conference about the police shooting of a homeless man in Madison, taking the microphone from the police chief and arguing with some attendees who said they wanted to hear more about the investigation. The group of roughly 20 ...

Scrappers shut out Black Bears, 9-0

NILES — Mired in a two-week slump to start the second half of the season, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers can thank the West Virginia Black Bears and WV catcher Noah Jouras, in particular, for breaking the skid. The Scrappers on Thursday defeated West Virginia 9-0 at 717 Credit Union Field, marking just the third MV victory in 12 tries since the start of the second half of the season. Jouras, a regular in the Black Bears lineup, was moved to the Scrappers’ roster for the night due to a lack of position players with the Scrappers. Jouras was in the MV lineup as a designated hitter. ...