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Township receives letters of interest for Austintown seat

AUSTINTOWN — The township’s two remaining trustees have had their first look at seven applicants who wish to join the board. On Friday, township officials released the names of those who submitted letters of interest to be appointed as interim trustees in the wake of Robert Santos’s resignation from the board earlier this month. At the beginning of the July 6 regular trustees meeting, Santos announced he was stepping down immediately after having accepted a position with Mahoning County as Project Manager-Capital Programs. Per Ohio law, trustees Monica Deavers and Bruce ...

NC man gets 5 to 7 1/2 years in prison in fatal Coitsville crash

YOUNGSTOWN — Robert C. Powell, 25, of North Carolina, who was working in the Youngstown area when he struck a car in the intersection of U.S. Route 422 and North Hubbard Road in Coitsville Township, killing its driver, was sentenced recently to 5 to 7 1/2 years in prison. Powell gets credit for 67 days already spent in the Mahoning County jail. Powell was convicted at trial of aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and misdemeanor OVI. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio handed down the ...

Caregivers awarded $500 grants from Dylan’s House

LIBERTY — Dylan’s House, a nonprofit founded in 2022 to assist individuals on the autism spectrum and their families in finding accessible opportunities for housing, education and professional caregiver services, presented $500 caregiver grants to 10 caretakers for their work with clients ...

Maplecrest hosts fundraiser for Alzheimer’s awareness

STRUTHERS — Maplecrest Nursing Home hosted a hot dog drive-thru fundraising event Thursday to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. “All the proceeds are going to the Alzheimer’s Association,” Tiffany Crane, admission coordinator for Maplecrest, said. “That is taking place on Oct. 10 at the Watson and Tressel Training Site down at [Youngstown State University.” The Walk to End Alzheimer’s, also called the Memory Walk, is a nationwide event meant to raise money for patients with Alzheimer’s and to raise awareness of the disease. The ...

Farm hosted children for 2-week camp

120 Years Ago, 1906 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Children of the poor happy and care-free. Handsomely entertained by Misses Kate, Lottie and Elsie Deemer. Most commendable undertaking that is accomplishing splendid results – all for sweet charity – descriptive.” “In a house especially built and arranged for their accommodation, the house being on the I. J. Deemer farm about a mile west of the village of Poland and on the road leading from that village to Canfield, are to be found 20 of the happiest, care-free and fun-loving children in ...

Police blotters for Austintown and Boardman for July 18

Austintown Police activity reported July 9-16: July 16, 2:28 a.m. — Dustin J. Ortiz-Duley was arrested at 5 N. Edgehill Ave. on a criminal damaging warrant. 1:43 a.m. — Trevonn D. Johnson was arrested at 981 Compass West on a burglary charge. July 15, 3:12 p.m. — Valdino Marion was arrested at Meijer on charges of possession of criminal tools and theft. 2:43 p.m. — Stolen package reported at Compass West. July 14, 12:44 p.m. — Fraud reported at 131 N. Kimberly Ave. after a debit card number was used. July 13, 1:40 p.m. — A juvenile was released to his parents ...