YOUNGSTOWN — Despite what seemed like conflicting and complicated testimony, a jury only deliberated about 80 minutes Wednesday before finding Robert C. Powell, 25, of North Carolina, guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide, drunken driving and improperly handling firearms in a motor ...
YOUNGSTOWN — City council still wants more information about a request to spend up to $1.95 million on sanitary sewer improvements to a site in the Salt Springs Road Business Park before committing to it. Councilman Mike Ray, D-4th Ward, said Wednesday he supports the improvements, but wants administration officials to “package” the information “so we’re able to show the potential of that site. It’s in a great industrial park, but really putting together a pro forma on the” revenue that would be created by developing the location. Top Property Holdings LLC of North Lima ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The city administration decided not to move forward with a request to have city council authorize up to $130,000 to hire a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term viability of SOBE Energy Solutions LLC, the beleaguered downtown utility company. The item, sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell, was pulled Wednesday before council could consider it in order to discuss it prior to a vote. The ordinance would have permitted the board of control to sign an agreement with Roetzel & Andress to assess SOBE’s functionality and “identify financially sustainable ...
BOARDMAN — Under pressure from residents, Hubbard city officials on Monday agreed to draft legislation for a moratorium on data centers in the community. Mahoning County’s largest urban township also recently took steps to prohibit the facilities, and one official explained why. “We don’t want someone to shoehorn something in and then suddenly somebody has a data center in their backyard, making noise, sucking up energy, elevating water and electrical costs,” said Boardman Township Trustee Matt Gambrel. “It’s not good for Boardman.” Gambrel said he can’t see ...
BOARDMAN — Creating an immediate connection between a successful musician who plays nightly to sold out arenas and awestruck students, Zac Brown Band percussionist Daniel de los Reyes walked among the members of the Boardman High School Rock Orchestra, Project Mayhem, to shake their ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Having serious concerns about the Mahoning County Board of Elections current location, board Chairman David Betras said he wants Youngstown officials to give the former Bottom Dollar store at no cost to the Western Reserve Port Authority, which would sign a lease to have the board relocate there. Betras told The Vindicator after a Tuesday board meeting, “There’s a lot of work to be done to that building, so as long as the city doesn’t kill us on the price, it’s going to work. But if they’re going to kill us on the price, I mean, the dollars have to make ...
