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Ohio’s bicentennial bell rings in Canfield Fair

CANFIELD — The historic Mahoning County Ohio Bicentennial Bell will return to the fairgrounds for this year’s fair, thanks to the efforts of Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio. The bell actually had its start at the 2003 Canfield Fair when the state of Ohio’s Bicentennial ...

Free bus rides offered to fair

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Western Reserve Transit Authority will once again be providing free shuttle express rides from Federal Station downtown and Southern Park Mall in Boardman to the Canfield Fair. The service will be available Wednesday through Sept. 5. Riders can depart ...

County help sought for abused animals

BOARDMAN — Regular services have effectively ceased at Animal Charity of Ohio, and that will remain the case until additional funding is secured. On Thursday, leaders of the nonprofit agency again petitioned Mahoning County commissioners to provide support it needs to get back on its ...

Police blotters for Austintown, Boardman, Canfield for Aug. 29

Austintown Police activity in Austintown from Aug. 20 to Aug. 26: Aug. 26, — 12:42 p.m. A report was taken regarding the theft of money from a purse at 6001 Mahoning Ave. 4:44 p.m. — A report was taken regarding the theft of medication from the mail at 5934 Callaway Circle. ...

Property transfers for Aug. 29

Mahoning County property transfers recorded Aug. 10-14 and transfers from portions of Trumbull County recorded Aug. 17-21: Austintown Walter Terlecky Investments LLC to Westchester Property Group LLC, 60 Westchester Drive, $305,000 Walter D. Terlecky to Westchester Property Group LLC, ...

Murderer denied chance to argue for another trial

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio has refused the request of John E. Drummond Jr. to argue for a new trial based on allegedly newly discovered evidence. Drummond, 49, is on death row in the 2003 shooting death of 3-month old Jiyen C. Dent Jr. on Rutledge Drive on Youngstown’s East Side. Attorneys for Drummond filed a motion in July 2025, asking Donofrio to allow them to file a “delayed” request for a new trial, saying they obtained affidavits from two men who testified at Drummond’s trial, one of whom now says the incriminating ...