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5 years of sewer rate hikes proposed

YOUNGSTOWN – A study commissioned by the city administration calls for 14% annual sewer rate increases for the next five years to pay for more than $400 million in federally mandated wastewater improvements. The rate study’s findings, unveiled Thursday, were quickly opposed by council members, who said residents cannot afford the proposed significant increases and urged the administration to find grants and make cuts to city expenses to help reduce those percentages. Council members said they wouldn’t approve rates that high unless the administration made cuts or reallocated ...

Clerk Ciccone accused of racism again

YOUNGSTOWN — A day after the county auditor called him a financial liability, the Mahoning County clerk of courts is back in the spotlight. Michael P. Ciccone has been sued again for alleged racial discrimination. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court by Ronald Winphrie accuses Ciccone of firing him without cause. The suit invokes the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the section of Ohio Revised Code that addresses unlawful discriminatory practices. Winphrie’s filing states that he worked as a deputy ...

Judge rejects gun evidence in case against Acton suspect

CANFIELD –- A judge ruled that evidence a man who allegedly lunged at Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton possessed weapons at the time of the altercation cannot be used in his case. Mahoning County Area Court Judge Molly K. Johnson ruled Thursday in favor of a motion filed by the ...

Murder trial delayed due to attorney conflict

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum resolved a new complication Wednesday in the murder case of Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, by appointing another new defense attorney and pushing the trial date back. It was scheduled to begin Monday. Krichbaum appointed former Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Mike Yacovone to represent Winphrie after Winphrie’s most recent defense attorney, Rhys Cartwright-Jones, filed a motion recently asking to withdraw after discovering that Cartwright-Jones represented a co-defendant in the case not long ...

Boardman apartments damaged by gunfire

BOARDMAN — Police are still investigating after at least two Glenwood Avenue apartments were struck by bullets late Monday night. A Boardman police report, made public Thursday, said police responded to multiple calls about gunfire near 4011 Glenwood Ave. about 10:40 p.m. Monday. They ...

Woman accused of trying to burn City Hall

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman is in jail after police say she tried to set fire to Youngstown City Hall. A Youngstown police report states that Jasmina Gurley was arrested Wednesday evening after a passerby notified police that someone was outside trying to set fire to the building. She is due to ...