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Hope emerges for customers of SOBE energy

By DAVID SKOLNICK Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — An option for downtown Youngstown businesses to get off SOBE Thermal Energy System LLC’s steam heat system involving a state treasurer program, a credit union and a contracting firm is in its preliminary phase, but a resolution could be ...

Ohio EPA rejects blanket wastewater permit for all data centers

Citing public opposition, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency rejected a request for a blanket permit for data centers to discharge wastewater and decided to consider each project individually. In a Tuesday ruling, the state EPA wrote: “After carefully reviewing the significant volume ...

No major injuries reported from Valley tornado, storms

With reports of many trees down and roof damage to some homes in Liberty and Hubbard townships, officials from the National Weather Service in Cleveland are to be in parts of the Mahoning Valley today to determine the severity of a tornado that passed through the area. Trumbull County ...

NTSB releases report on fatal plane crash

A person on the ground saw the moments leading up to the single-engine, four-seat Piper Comanche aircraft that crashed east of Middlefield on June 30, killing the pilot and its two passengers. The person reported that she saw the plane cross above the tree line into her property. Then the ...

Body of missing man found near reservoir

Staff report BERLIN CENTER — Searchers found the body of missing North Olmsted man Sean Miller near the boat docks off Bedell Road at Berlin Reservoir sometime after 7 a.m. Tuesday. The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office issued a notice Monday that the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office ...

Schwebel’s workers outline concerns with company

YOUNGSTOWN — Sherrod Brown said Monday afternoon that he wasn’t delivering solutions to Schwebel Baking Company’s workers and retirees in the aftermath of its impending closure. The former U.S. senator, who is seeking a return to the Senate this November, said he wanted to understand ...