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No major injuries reported from Valley tornado, storms

With reports of many trees down and roof damage to some homes in Liberty and Hubbard townships, officials from the National Weather Service in Cleveland are to be in parts of the Mahoning Valley today to determine the severity of a tornado that passed through the area. Trumbull County Emergency Management Director John Hickey said he received calls of many trees down and one house having roof damage in Hubbard Township. Residents reported a funnel cloud in the area of Applegate Drive on the Liberty-Hubbard line. Hickey said the NWS will survey that area and others to determine the ...

NTSB releases report on fatal plane crash

A person on the ground saw the moments leading up to the single-engine, four-seat Piper Comanche aircraft that crashed east of Middlefield on June 30, killing the pilot and its two passengers. The person reported that she saw the plane cross above the tree line into her property. Then the right wing dipped, while descending slightly. Then she saw the plane briefly return to level. But it then “made a sharp right turn, followed by a steep, nose down descent into a field.” The plane crashed at 3:35 p.m. into a cow pasture 1 mile east of its destination, the Geauga County Airport. ...

Body of missing man found near reservoir

Staff report BERLIN CENTER — Searchers found the body of missing North Olmsted man Sean Miller near the boat docks off Bedell Road at Berlin Reservoir sometime after 7 a.m. Tuesday. The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice Monday that the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio Department of Natural Resources were looking for Miller, who had been missing since about 2 a.m. Monday from the campgrounds at the reservoir. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, the sheriff’s office advised. Mahoning County deputies, Ohio Department of Natural Resources personnel ...

Schwebel’s workers outline concerns with company

YOUNGSTOWN — Sherrod Brown said Monday afternoon that he wasn’t delivering solutions to Schwebel Baking Company’s workers and retirees in the aftermath of its impending closure. The former U.S. senator, who is seeking a return to the Senate this November, said he wanted to understand ...

Intervention sought in SOBE rate increase

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel filed a motion to intervene on behalf of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s residential customers in downtown Youngstown in front of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, which granted the troubled utility company a huge rate increase. With SOBE’s financial situation in dire straits and potentially facing insolvency, the PUCO voted June 24 for an emergency rate increase with most of its customers paying 93%, effective June 30, and an additional 162% increase for most from November to April. SOBE provides steam heat to 23 buildings, ...

Man missing from Berlin Reservoir campground found dead

BERLIN CENTER — Searchers found the body of missing North Olmsted man Sean Miller near the boat docks off of Bedell Road at Berlin Reservoir sometime after 7 a.m. Tuesday. The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice Monday that the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio Department of Natural Resources was looking for Miller, who had been missing since about 2 a.m. Monday from the campgrounds at the reservoir. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, the sheriff’s office advised. Mahoning County deputies, ODNR personnel and the Berlin Fire Department had been ...