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Youngstown council approves spending $1.5M from speed camera citations

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YOUNGSTOWN – City council agreed to appropriate $1.5 million from citations paid by those caught speeding in school zones by unmanned cameras, but a plan is still needed for how it will be spent. Council voted 7-0 Wednesday on an ordinance that appropriated the money and authorized the board of control to “enter into all professional service agreements to provide planning and construction engineering services as well as advertise for proposals and enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder for safety improvements to various school zones throughout the city.” Charles ...

Police: student had loaded gun in waistband

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AUSTINTOWN — A student arrested Monday at the Austintown Early Learning Center had a loaded 9mm handgun tucked into his waistband. The full Austintown police report released Tuesday states that police were called to the Lynn Kirk building on Evelyn Road after school officials were notified that a student might have a gun. The building was placed on lockdown while authorities responded. District officials said Monday that the incident was contained to the off-campus building and there was no threat to students or staff at other district buildings. The report states that school ...

Boardman trustees approve Forest Lawn pavilion funds

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BOARDMAN — The next phase of the Forest Lawn Stormwater Park is underway. On Monday, Boardman Township trustees approved a motion accepting a $750,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The Capital Improvement Community Park Grant will provide the funds to construct an ...

Oct. 7 agenda

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POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Union Elementary School with a board member tour at 5:30 p.m. COITSVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday at the township hall to hire police personnel and to discuss road paving projects. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the commissioners’ hearing room. A board meeting will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the hearing room at the county courthouse basement and a staff meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday in the conference room at the administration building.

Commissioners consider buying two vehicles for sheriff

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WARREN — Two new 2026 Ford Police Interceptors are expected to be purchased at a price of $100,182 for the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office through the state purchasing program. Trumbull County Commissioners recently approved a program scheduled to begin in 2027 that will allow the sheriff’s office to purchase a new vehicle once every quarter. Under the program, the sheriff’s office will receive a minimum of four cruisers a year. “We won’t be purchasing vehicles for the first two quarters next year,” Shara Taylor, the county’s purchasing director, said. “We are ...

Dolly Parton’s multifaceted legacy showcased at Nashville museum

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s longtime creative director, Steve Summers, designed hundreds of dresses and outfits for the late singer and entertainer every year, so he saw her in many stages of her career. “Every person in here has a different Dolly Parton that they are in love with,” Summers told a crowd of fans gathered Tuesday for the opening of a new museum in Nashville dedicated to the beloved singer who died in August at age 80. The 20,000-square-foot Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum includes exhibits focused on many different aspects of her life and ...