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Canfield police blotter

Canfield Police activity reported July 3-12: July 12 — Cloeth Forde, 32, 4 Denmark Court, Huntington, New York, was arrested during a traffic stop on West Main Street on a Youngstown Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense and was issued a summons for driving while under suspension and was cited for speeding (58 mph in a 35 mph zone). July 12 — Garcia Netzaid, 26, 1367 W. State St., Salem, was issued a summons during a traffic stop on East Main Street for no operator’s license and was cited for speeding (50 mph in a 35 mph zone), and Sophia ...

Teen’s memory flies on the wings of butterflies

YOUNGSTOWN — When a butterfly is released, it typically soars through the air — in a real sense, the way E’Lexus Conner was soaring through her young life. “She was very vibrant and very beautiful inside and out. She loved to dance, and she wanted to be a CSI investigator,” her ...

More to a neighborhood than its name

LIBERTY — More than 50 people packed the Denny’s meeting room on Belmont Avenue on Saturday morning for the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society’s Memories of a Lifetime program. Jacob Harver, Ph.D. candidate at Kent State University, shared his research on the historic Monkey’s ...

Collaboration cleans up Mill Creek Watershed

YOUNGSTOWN — A volunteer cleanup on Sunday was organized by the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District and Mill Creek MetroParks with the purpose of cleaning trash out of the Mill Creek Watershed, specifically the area around Lake Newport. “We are a political subdivision ...

Sprinkling in history at ice cream celebration

YOUNGSTOWN — Dante Bernard didn’t exactly follow the precise pattern in Big Joe Turner’s 1954 hit blues song “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” but he was content to do quite a bit of at least one of those. “It’s not too much of an exact science. It’s just a nice foundation,” ...

ODOT announces new road closures

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced new road adjustments related to the Interstate 80 resurfacing project in Austintown and Jackson townships. Starting Sunday, the ramp from Interstate 80 west to state Route 11 south will be closed through July 29. The detour will be I-80 west to state Route 46 to I-80 east to Route 11 south. Starting July 27, I-80 westbound between Salt Springs Road and Route 46 will be reduced to one lane. Starting July 29, the ramp from I-80 west to Route 46 will be closed through Aug. 1. The detour will be I-80 westbound to I-76 westbound to ...