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Ohio minimum wage to increase by 3.5% in 2027

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance’s Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration announced this week that the state’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1. The adjusted amounts, $11.40 per hour for nontipped employees and $5.70 per hour for tipped employees, represents a 3.5% increase from the current 2026 rates of $11 for nontipped employees and $5.50 for tipped employees. The change reflects the mandate of the Constitutional amendment, passed by Ohio voters in November 2006, which states Ohio’s minimum wage shall increase on Jan. 1 each year by the ...

Sojourn to the Past kicks off Nonviolence Week Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization is preparing events, activities and gatherings for Ohio Nonviolence Week that gets underway Sunday. Nonviolence Week, which runs until Oct. 10, will begin with the 16th annual Nonviolence Parade and Rally, set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Wick Avenue and Wood Street, downtown. The parade will travel through the corridor to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre for a program. Those interested in registering for the parade can do so at www.ohiononviolenceweek.org. Also part of the activities will be Chalk the Walk for ...

Trumbull’s administration building air quality may be making employees sick

WARREN — A county employee told Trumbull County Commissioners that the air quality in the county’s administration building may be making employees sick. Beth Toth of the Trumbull County Auditor’s Office told the commissioners during Tuesday’s workshop there are some concerns about the air quality in the auditor’s office. She provided commissioners Tony Bernard, Rick Hernandez and Denny Malloy with results of air quality tests that she, on her own, conducted that indicated there had been formaldehyde readings in the air. “Everybody is constantly sick in our offices with ...

New director of Trumbull’s Job and Family Services expected to be hired soon

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to name a new executive director for the Trumbull County Jobs and Family Services soon. Nine of the approximately dozen contenders who applied for the position have been interviewed, according to Commissioner Rick Hernandez. Three candidates received second interviews. A new director is expected to be announced within the next one to three weeks. The county is expected to make an offer for employment and then give the candidate time to inform his or her current employer. John Gargano, the former director, retired Aug. 1 ...

YSU senior details atrocities of Islamic Republic

YOUNGSTOWN — Negin Mirzade bitterly recalled the day police arrested her at age 14 while she waited for her sister to pick her up from a class. Mirzade's "offense?" Wearing a light-blue pair of shoes the police claimed would attract male attention to her. "The police called me names, ...

Traveling War on Terror memorial comes to area

WARREN — Dave Luton and his display honoring the men and women who gave their lives in service to the Global War on Terror traveled from Omaha, Nebraska, to the Kinsman House lawn on Tuesday. An opening ceremony took place at noon Wednesday to welcome the Remembering Our Fallen traveling ...