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Trumbull water advisory panel seeks fee increase

It will be up to Trumbull County commissioners to decide whether residents will receive higher charges to extend the lives of water tanks and keep up with an increasing pass-through rate. The county's water advisory panel voted 6-4 to recommend to commissioners a $2 increase to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Replacement Improvement Fund. The vote came at a meeting Thursday in Vienna. Brookfield Trustee Dan Suttles, Liberty Trustee Devon Stanley, Warren Township Trustee Ryan Yoho and Champion Trustee Dean Richard York cast the dissenting votes. Voting in favor were Bazetta ...

Hubbard panel seeks sewer-rate legislation

HUBBARD -- Officials noted Environmental Protection Agency requirements for lead service lines as part of the uncertainty faced in forecasting city finances. At a meeting earlier this week, Councilman Mike Kerr, D-4th Ward, asked the law director to draw up legislation for an ordinance ...

Vindicator seeks annual thankful letters

For the eighth year, The Vindicator wants to know what our readers are thankful for and we want to share those thankful thoughts with our annual Giving Thanks feature. Readers can submit up to 25 words about a new job, their family, their friends or a life-changing event. Forms for giving thanks are published from time to time in this newspaper. Fill out the coupon and mail it to the newspaper, Attn: Giving Thanks, 240 Franklin St. SE, Warren, OH 44483. Or email it to givingthanks@tribtoday.com. All we ask is that you include your name, the community where you live and a phone number ...

Liberty gets $317K sewer grant

A $317,645 state Critical Infrastructure grant will help Liberty Township with the installation of catch basins, manholes and drainage pipes to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The project will benefit 124 people, according to a Friday announcement from Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine announced $17.5 million in grants to 32 communities throughout Ohio for either Neighborhood Revitalization or Critical Infrastructure grants. Of the funding, 22 communities are getting $10 million for Critical Infrastructure grants and 10 are receiving a total of $7.5 million for Neighborhood Revitalization ...

Nov. 7 This Week in History: Girard hosted Armistice Day service

105 Years Ago, 1921 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Fitting observance of Armistice Day. Schools and business generally to close – big parade and appropriate exercises.” “Girard, Nov. 10. – (Special to the Vindicator.) – Extensive preparations have been completed for the appropriate observance of Armistice Day here Friday. The schools will close and business generally will be suspended while the folks join in offering a fitting tribute to the heroes of the late World War and the great victory achieved in that memorable ...

Officials ramp up access-to-care plans after maternity award announcement

WARREN - Although the Trumbull County Combined Health District did not know in advance when St. Joseph Warren Hospital announced last week it was going to close its labor and delivery department next month, the health district has a plan for how to address it, Health Commissioner Frank Migliozzi said Thursday. He said a framework for helping pregnant women through this transition was created almost 10 years ago, when the first of several community needs health assessments was carried out. The most recent one was completed in July of 2025. The every-three-year assessments, called a ...