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Operations at Schwebel’s to end, according to court filing

The Schwebel Baking Company’s efforts to find a new buyer have failed, and the company will halt operations. The news came out of an hourlong telephone status conference this morning with U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. “Extensive discussion occurred,” according to minutes of the proceeding released by the court. “Notably, Defendant’s discussions with a potential buyer have come to a close, and the company is proceeding with a wind-down of its operations. “In addition, a secured creditor of Defendant just filed a lawsuit seeking to ...

Former SOBE receiver seeks funds he’s owed

YOUNGSTOWN — SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s former receiver and ex-legal counsel were supposed to be paid $55,570 by May 9, but it keeps getting delayed because the current receiver says the troubled downtown utility company doesn’t have the money. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio voted June 24 to increase the monthly rate for most SOBE customers by 93% now with an additional 162% increase for most from November to April, when steam heat is primarily used. Included in the rate hike is money owed to Reg Martin, the former receiver, and Kenneth R. Goldberg, the ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 15

Darline Graham, sister of late SC senator sworn in to finish term WASHINGTON — The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been sworn in to fill his seat, just three days after his death. Darline Graham, left, was sworn in at the Senate on Tuesday. She was appointed ...

City schools establish clearinghouse

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has adopted a series of resolutions that entail establishing a central clearinghouse for normal operations, supporting a longtime community center and dissolving one of its committees. In one of the moves, school officials have offered their support and recognition to the McGuffey Center, 1649 Jacobs Road, for what they feel is the center serving as an anchor for much of the East Side, as well as the work it has done in the community, Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor said after Tuesday’s regular board of education meeting. “They’re ...

Official updates Liberty road projects

LIBERTY — Community improvements have quite literally been front and center for anyone navigating the Churchill portion of Belmont Avenue, and trustees learned the status of these and other ongoing improvements. At Monday’s meeting, trustees heard from Road Superintendent Wayne Hickman, who said the “never-ending” Belmont Avenue sidewalk project, which kicked off March 30, is undergoing some design changes. “We changed the design at the corner of (State Route) 304, (State Route) 193 to go behind the telephone poles; that’s why it’s been sitting stagnant,” Hickman ...

Update given on ‘Build a Better Belmont’

LIBERTY — There are about three more months before planning officials must deliver a finalized plan to revitalize a frequently used corridor connecting Mahoning and Trumbull counties — and on Monday, residents received an update. Officials heard from Katie Philips, an MS Consultants ...