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City council to consider raising maximum costs on 4 contracts

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will vote Wednesday to amend four separate ordinances to increase the maximum amounts for contracts, including three that already received approval from the board of control to go over the initial limits. One amended ordinance request dates back to Oct. 2, 2024, ...

Man dies after South Side shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — Kenny Stanton, 40, one of two men shot late Nov. 9 at a South Side store, has died, the Youngstown Police Department has confirmed. Stanton was one of two men who suffered gunshot wounds along Market Street — one on the sidewalk and the other man inside a nearby store, ...

Man arraigned on assault after shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — William L. Huffman, 33, was arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on two counts of felonious assault in a Thursday evening incident on Cambridge Avenue on the South Side in which a man was shot in the hip. Court records show that Huffman is set for a preliminary ...

ODOT announces road closures, adjustments in the Valley

Staff report The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced the following road closures and adjustments in Mahoning and Trumbull counties: Starting Monday, the ramp from Interstate 680 northbound to Midlothian Boulevard will be closed 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until Nov. 24 for noise wall ...

BOARDMAN’S NEWEST PARK MIXES RECREATION, FLOOD MITIGATION

This is an aerial view of the Forest Lawn stormwater park in Boardman for which the ribbon was cut Oct. 29. The $4 million stormwater park was designed to reduce or eliminate some of the flooding issues within the Cranberry Run watershed. The space also will be used as an educational resource, ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded Nov. 3 to 7 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Siri Situ LLC to Shivshakti Land Co. LLC, 5555 Patriot Blvd., $2,244,000 Joseph Lagese to Cheryle A. Eversole, 3972 Artmar Drive, $170,000 The Kenneth J. Harter Trust to MHS Group ...