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Judge honors Valley police officers at Canfield CIty Council

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CANFIELD — Mahoning County Area Court Judge Molly Johnson honored five local officers for their participation in helping with a recent school tour. “I recently had a group of 20 fourth graders from Salem visit my court and I want to thank officers for helping with those students,” Johnson said to city council members this week. She said the officers — four from the Canfield Police Department and one Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office deputy — put on displays and spent time with the students during the visit. As a token of her appreciation, Johnson issued each officer an ...

Mahoning library officials respond to attacks –– some of them personal

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POLAND — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is once more responding to allegations made by opponents of its decision to move the Poland branch. This time, the staff said, it’s become personal. “We have been very adamant and very careful to not use individuals’ names,” said Chief Stakeholder Relations Officer Zak Kozberg. “And not only have they taken shots at our board and our staff, but also at me.” On Thursday, library staff responded to claims made by members of the Save Our Library committee on the “Ron Verb Show” on WKBN Radio on ...

McDonald residents seek meetings to develop plan for potential data centers

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MCDONALD — Village residents are urging council and the administration to hold public meetings on how they would prepare for a potential data center proposal, including developing a plan with clear guidelines and restrictions before a data center expresses interest in locating there. Residents said they are particularly concerned if a data center wants to locate at the former McDonald Steel property. Mayor Ray Lewis told more than 15 residents at Wednesday’s meeting that the planning commission has been working on a plan to have guidelines in place for data centers and other ...

New house rises on former blight site

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YOUNGSTOWN — For about 15 years, Nick Serra and other Rocky Ridge Neighborhood Association members have implemented and led a variety of neighborhood-improvement projects, though he also is joyous that a few outside entities have come calling. “We’re happy to see people spearheading ...

Juvenile court judge touts success of diversion program

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YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick said the Juvenile Summit on Wednesday was a chance to talk to law enforcement officers and others about how juvenile diversion programs have decreased crime and recidivism and reduced the number of children in detention. The summit in a meeting room of the main branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County also was a chance to hear from lawmakers on legislation affecting juveniles. Dellick said when she was first elected Mahoning County Juvenile Court judge in 2001, the court had more than 2,000 ...

City issues emergency smoke measures

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Mayor Derrick McDowell issued an advisory Thursday afternoon implementing emergency measures to protect people from the smoke emanating from Canadian wildfires. The smoke is causing hazardous air quality, the advisory states. “Due to the hazardous air quality from the Canadian wildfires, the City of Youngstown is implementing the following emergency directives to protect health and the safety of its residents and employees, effective immediately,” according to a city press release. All nonessential city employees are advised to transition ...