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County spends $50K more to help Ciccone

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners are spending more money to try to prevent the clerk of courts office from tanking the county’s finances. At Thursday’s regular meeting, commissioners approved a $50,000 payment to Canfield accounting firm Shroedel, Scullin and ...

Hubbard Township rejects data center zoning language

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP -- The township's zoning commission will rewrite its zoning language pertaining to data centers, with officials noting the desire to get things right in one go. Township trustees at Wednesday evening's zoning hearing unanimously voted to reject zoning language proposed by the township’s zoning commission, which was unsealed at a regular meeting earlier this month. Trustees set the meeting at the Hubbard High School auditorium to discuss the language, which they would have 20 days after to decide whether to accept or reject. The proposed language comes after ...

St. Joseph Hospital will close maternity ward

WARREN — Generations of hospital deliveries in Trumbull County will end in December when St. Joseph Warren Hospital closes its birthing center and refers patients to its Boardman affiliate. For expectant mothers in the city, that means a trip of more than 30 minutes south to give birth. ...

Joyce challenged by Jukic in congressional race

U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, a Republican seeking his eighth term in Congress, faces Democrat Maria Jukic, a former Euclid City Council member, in the 14th District race. The district includes all of Trumbull, Lake, Ashtabula and Geauga counties. With redistricting taking effect with this election, the 14th is adding a small part of Mahoning County and making a minor change to what part of Portage County it includes. The district favors Republicans 58.5% to 41.5% for Democrats based on partisan statewide voting results between 2016 to 2024, according to the Ohio Redistricting ...