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Developer interested in Salt Springs Business Park in city

YOUNGSTOWN — A developer is interested in a site on Exal Court in the Salt Springs Road Business Park, which is why the administration is asking city council to approve legislation to spend up to $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for it. The request was the source of questions and criticism by some on city council because the administration said at an April 15 meeting that it wanted to make the location “shovel-ready” for a potential user. Finance Director Kyle Miasek told council’s community planning and economic development committee Tuesday a potential group of ...

Hegseth grilled on war

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably avoiding the same pointed criticism of lawmakers, he got far more pushback from members of his own Republican Party about the levels of U.S. munitions used in the Iran war and President Donald Trump’s intense ...

Mountain bike trail may rise in Girard

GIRARD — City officials are considering adding a mountain bike trail in the city and plan to check out other trails to get a better sense of what works. Councilman Todd Latell, D-at Large, said at Monday’s council meeting he wants a meeting to discuss the idea. Creating a mountain bike trail will cost the city nothing and could also be used as a walking trail, he added. Resident Tonya Carpenter will speak at 6:15 p.m. May 26 to council and the public about a trail. Carpenter also has invited city officials to visit the Lake Milton Mountain Bike Trail at 3 p.m. June 9 to explore ...

Man jailed after fracas on Hillman Street

YOUNGSTOWN — A 39-year-old man was taken to the Mahoning County jail Monday after an altercation on Hillman Street on Sunday night in which he is accused of asking another man if he could stay at his home a couple of nights, was refused and then broke in, assaulted the other man and threatened him with a gun. The victim said the suspect showed up at 11 p.m. Sunday asking to stay there, but the victim refused to open the door. The suspect kicked open the front door of the home and broke the glass in the screen door. The man then walked up to the victim and punched him in the face, ...

Woman injured in South Side shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman with a gunshot wound was found at 3 a.m. Tuesday in a car in the 600 block of St. Louis Avenue on the South Side. A Youngstown police news release states that officers were sent to the 1000 block of Glenwood Avenue, which led to officers finding the woman in the 600 block of St. Louis Avenue. She was in a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound, the report states. She was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment. Detectives and crime scene investigators were called to the scene to investigate. The condition of the woman was not ...