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• AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the township administration building. • MAHONING COUNTY BOARD OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES will meet at 6 p.m. today for the board meeting at Leonard Kirtz School, 4801 Woodridge Drive, Austintown, with the finance and personnel committee at 5:30 p.m. and the ethics committee at 5:45 p.m. • YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL Community Planning and Economic Development Committee will meet at 4 p.m. today at the city hall caucus room on the Market Street and Midlothian project and Valley Christian project land ...

Rotary feeds local food pantry

LIBERTY — As more families turn to the Liberty Local Schools Food Pantry for support, the Girard-Liberty Rotary Club’s $3,000 donation couldn’t have come at a better time. The contribution will help provide essential food and resources to students and families across the district. Last month, members of the Rotary gathered at Liberty Local Schools for a check presentation, celebrating their support for the pantry and the families it serves. According to Christian Denning, a TCESC Intervention Specialist in Liberty’s PK-6 building, the impact of this funding will be immediate ...

Rotary donates coats for students

GIRARD — The Girard-Liberty Rotary continues its dedicated support for local students by donating a total of 60 coats this year through the Rotary Project Warm program. Thirty coats were delivered to Girard Intermediate School recently, while another 30 coats were provided to Liberty PK-6 to help keep students warm throughout the winter months. For the past four years, the Girard-Liberty Rotary has proudly participated in Project Warm, an initiative aimed at ensuring children in the community have access to warm clothing during colder seasons. This ongoing partnership ...

Mineral Ridge High School named one of America’s best high schools

MINERAL RIDGE — The Weathersfield Local School District is proud to announce that Mineral Ridge High School has been recognized as one of America’s Best High Schools by U.S. News & World Report. MRHS earned a ranking of 114th out of 903 high schools in Ohio, placing it among the top 13% statewide and making it the highest-ranked high school in Trumbull County. The U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings evaluate schools based on student achievement on state assessments, graduation rates and college readiness indicators including participation in Advanced Placement and ...

Jackson-Milton Elementary School awarded grant for book vending machine

NORTH JACKSON — Jackson-Milton Elementary School students have a new vending machine at their school, but this vending machine dispenses books instead of snacks and sweets. Jackson-Milton Elementary is the recent recipient of the $8,905 Pages for Positivity: Lit & Behavior Grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. The book vending machine arrived in September to kick off the new school year. Students don’t need money to get a book, they can earn a coin toward their selection as part of the school’s behavioral incentive program. There will be plenty of options for ...

Mayor honors fundraising efforts of two CHS girls

CANFIELD — Canfield High School senior Hadley Moser and sophomore Angelina Folsom were honored at the start of Canfield City Council on Nov. 5 for their efforts in raising funds for Salem Regional Hospital and the fight against breast cancer. Mayor Don Dragish proclaimed Nov. 5, 2025, as Hadley Moser and Angelina Folsom Day. The two young ladies are members of the high school’s Teen Health and Medical Society Club. That club was formed after Nick Folsom, a CHS Class of 2024 graduate, took a class at Johns Hopkins University over the summer of 2023. At the class, he learned about ...