WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners on Wednesday officially hired Matthew J. Glidewell to be the director of Trumbull County Job and Family Services and the Child Support Enforcement Agency at a salary of $99,450 per year. Glidewell has been the assistant superintendent of the Ashtabula ...
WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners approved joining a statewide consortium of other counties working with Huntington Bank that will enable it to use bank provided credit cards to pay for a variety of transactions. The system will allow the county to pay vendors and other services through the credit card system and receive cash back rewards. The County Commissioners Association of Ohio, an association of county commissioners, has partnered with Huntington Bank to expand this program throughout the state. Counties in the program get annual rebates based on the amount of financial ...
LIMA — A man serving the longest prison sentence in Ohio history for animal abuse will remain behind bars after losing his appeal. The Third District Court of Appeals ruled on Monday against Steffen Baldwin, who is serving 15.5 years following his January 2025 conviction in Union County. The case was investigated by Campbell Police patrol officer Jim Conroy after a local couple filed a complaint alleging Baldwin had wrongfully euthanized their dog, Remi, after promising to rehabilitate the pit bull and have his “dangerous dog” designation removed. The former Union County humane ...
YOUNGSTOWN — If you happen to be in Marc Ellis' classroom, you not only have ample opportunities to read and learn about key civil rights pioneers, you have the honor of moving two steps further: You get to see and meet the historical figures. "She has been an indispensable cornerstone to my classroom," Ellis, a Volney Rogers Elementary School third-grade teacher, said. He was referring to Penny Wells, the Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization's executive director, who has been the catalyst for civil rights icons from the 1950s and 1960s such as Minnijean Brown Trickey, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown State University Russian history professor said learning the history behind current events, such as the Russo-Ukrainian War, helps people understand those events by contextualizing them and providing insight into what led up to them. Brian Bonhomme gave a ...
Girard WHAT: City council meeting Sept. 28 PRESENT: Reynold Paolone, Thomas Grumley, John Moliterno, James Clark, Tod Latell, Wes Steiner, Keith Schubert, Lily Martuccio and Mayor Mark Zuppo Council: * Heard from Zuppo about plans to dedicate a section of the viaduct to Ken David, a local Vietnam War veteran, as requested by the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission. He said the section of the viaduct is above the CSX Railroad tracks. The other section of the viaduct is dedicated to slain police officer Justin Leo. * Heard from Grumley about the need for a full-time zoning ...
