YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney dismissed a felonious assault charge against Marques Jones, 27, on Wednesday after defense attorney Dave Betras again complained about late evidence, saying a severe sanction is needed because of a 10-year history of such ...
POLAND TOWNSHIP — Trustees at a special meeting Tuesday cut the township’s seasonal employees and canceled the Walnut Grove stormwater project after learning there will be a $1,678 budget shortfall by the end of the year. Trustees also are considering putting a police levy on the November ballot, but they need to move quickly because the deadline to get issues on the ballot is Aug. 5. “The $1,678 is hypothetical if we keep going the way we are going,” said Poland Fiscal Officer Paul Canter. “Right now, we will have a negative $2,000 balance at the end of the year. This is a ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone insists his office’s failure to file routine monthly financial reports predates his administration and other county departments used an accounting firm “to address similar reconciliation concerns.” County Auditor Ralph Meacham, who first raised concerns about the failure of the clerk of courts to handle the reports, said Ciccone’s statements in his defense are “false and completely inaccurate. This is all nonsense. Any representations to the contrary are erroneous.” Ciccone on Wednesday sent an email to The ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The financially troubled company that provides steam heat for most of downtown Youngstown is returning two of its three rented boilers until October to cut expenses and agreed to a $750,000 settlement with Enbridge Gas Co., to be paid in $40,000 monthly installments, for late bills. In a Wednesday interview with The Vindicator, John C. Collins, receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, and Michael Moran, his court-appointed attorney, said the return of the two boilers will cut the company’s monthly expense for that equipment from $58,200 to about $28,000. Moran ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Visiting Judge Pam Rintala on Friday issued an ex-parte domestic violence protection order against Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone after a domestic disturbance involving him and his wife, Emily Ciccone, July 23 at Michael Ciccone’s home on South Edgehill Avenue in Austintown. The order restrains Michael Ciccone from committing acts of abuse or threatening abuse against his wife and other protected persons named in the order effective July 24, according to documents in the protection order case. The order apparently protects Emily Ciccone and four ...
YOUNGSTOWN — As the Youngstown City School District finds itself barely a month from the start of a major reconfiguration that was announced in May 2025 and will be launched Sept. 1, efforts continue to fill several dozen teaching and other staffing positions. “Every year, we have vacancies,” Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor said after Tuesday’s regular board of education meeting at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School. “In Youngstown, right now, we truly have about 30 teaching vacancies.” A sharper spotlight has been trained on hiring especially math and science ...
