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Bertha weakens after bringing flooding to Texas and Louisiana

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By RUSS BYNAM The Associated Press Tropical Storm Bertha brought heavy surf and some flooding to southern Louisiana and Texas as it came ashore on the Gulf Coast for a second time Thursday, hours before weakening to a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center said wind gusts of tropical storm force were still possible along the upper Texas coast Thursday evening, and water levels in the area may remain high from storm surge. Bertha is expected to produce 1 to 3 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals up to 4 inches that could trigger flash flooding in coastal and south ...

Grants, ARP funds to help with $3.4M Weathersfield sewer project

Local News

NILES — Trumbull County Commissioners said they have secured as many grants and other funding for a $3.4 million sanitary sewer improvement project in the Crain Drive neighborhood in Weathersfield as they could, but residents will still have to pay their share to tap into the system. Commissioners hosted a public hearing Wednesday at Niles McKinley High School where the project, which is set to begin in October, was explained to more than 40 residents. “This project has been planned and worked on for the past five years,” said Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough. ...

COMMUNITY NEWS: Model Aircraft Club to meet; citywide baptism set

Community News

MODEL CLUB: Mahoning County Model Aircraft Club monthly meeting will be at 6 p.m. July 29 at Shaker Woods Field in Columbiana (enter field at 219 state Route 7). New members welcome. Come at 4 p.m. if you wish to fly. In case of rain, meet at Bellaria Pizza, Market Street, Boardman. Annual Fun Fly is Sept 19 with the public welcome. For more information, RC.chris.shoemaker@gmail.com. CITYWIDE BAPTISM: Youngstown area ministers and churches will host the third annual citywide baptism from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at North Side Pool. People can sign up to be baptized or show up. More than 70 ...

Easterseals camp supports children and caregivers

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — A summer camp offered to local children by Easterseals of Northeast Ohio is not only benefiting them but the grandparents, aunts and uncles taking care of them. Called “Kinship Summer Camp,” the program held for seven weeks four days per week in June and July, has children spending four hours at the camp while their caregivers are given time to spend on their own. McDonald resident Jody Klase, CEO of Easterseals, said the children who attend are being raised by an older adult relative who is not a parent, typically a grandparent or other family member. “We want ...

Trumbull commissioners reappropriate TNP funds

Local News

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners on Wednesday approved moving $325,000 from Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership’s demolition funds to its Emergency Home Repair program. TNP received $1 million from Trumbull County’s allocation of American Rescue Plan funds for its emergency home repair program and another $2 million in ARP funds for demolition and brownfield remediation in conjunction with the Trumbull County Land Bank. TNP Executive Director Matt Martin during the commissioners workshop on Tuesday told them his organization in December requested $900,000 be moved from ...

Earnings report

Business News

Farmers National Banc Corp. Farmers National Banc Corp. on Wednesday reported net income of $23 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2026 compared to $13.9 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025. Net income in the second quarter of 2026 included $1.7 million of expense related to the March 2 acquisition of Middlefield Banc Corp. (Middlefield) and core conversion costs. Excluding these items (non-GAAP), adjusted net income for the second quarter of 2026 was $24.4 million, or $0.41 per diluted share. “I am extremely pleased ...