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On the record: Campbell Board of Education

Campbell WHAT: Board of Education special meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Judy Gozur, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: ● Approved an agreement with Emergency Medical Transport Inc. to provide ambulance coverage for football standbys at a rate of $200 per hour per unit per game. ● Approved a three-year agreement with SOS Security Systems Inc. for a 24-hour burglary alarm monitoring service at the new Campbell Health and Community Development Center. ● Approved a three-year contract with SOS Security Systems Inc. for elevator alarm and video ...

Area deaths

MICHAEL B. CALKO, 64, of Warren, died July 25. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Sept. 5, Forest Lawn Cemetery. VIRGINIA SALLY RODWAY, 92, of Boardman, died Aug. 4. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Aug. 22, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Aug. 22, church. CHRISTINA M. BISKER, 63, of Youngstown, died Wednesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, funeral home.

On the record: Struthers Board of Education

Struthers WHAT: Board of Education meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Walter Baber, Kristin Fox, Joseph Fuline, Robert Noble and Ron Shives The board: ● Approved the financial report and investments for July. ● Approved an agreement between the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities and the Struthers City School District to provide educational service to Leonard Kirtz School students for the 2026-27 school year. ● Approved the contract with Supplemental Educational Services Inc. for St. Nicholas, Holy Family, St. Rose Title I Services for the 2026-27 school ...

Man kills self in standoff in Howland

HOWLAND — A standoff between law enforcement and a fugitive ended Wednesday with the man committing suicide. According to an email from the U.S. Marshals Northern District of Ohio office, the agency’s violent fugitive task force received information that the man who has been on the run since 2022 was hiding in a house in the 3900 block of Highlawn Avenue SW, Howland. The subject was noted to have an extensive violent criminal history and was wanted by the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault and aggravated burglary. The ...

Authorities find missing Vienna teenager safe in RV

VIENNA — A search for a teenager missing for days has concluded with him being safely found. According to township police Chief Dan Adkins, first responders found Landyn Zagorski, 17. He was last seen Sunday in an RV on an adjacent property approximately 100 yards behind his home. Regarding an early morning barn fire that the fire department responded to, Adkins said it happened to the rear of the residence, too. “Some cardboard was set on fire in there — it looks like that’s where he’d been staying the last few days,” Adkins said. “So the fire department came, we ...

Ice halts Valley native’s Arctic trip

Warren native Matt Rutherford will have to wait until 2027 to complete another record-setting solo voyage. Rutherford, 45, was forced to end his attempt to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo, a journey of about 10,000 nautical miles. According to a news release issued Thursday, ...