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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 ...

Woman deemed incompetent for trial in daughter’s death

AUSTINTOWN — The defense and prosecution agreed Wednesday that Laronda Mitchell is not competent to stand trial, so she will be taken to Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, a state mental hospital in Massillon, to attempt to restore her to competency to stand trial. Mitchell, 39, of South ...

Fed loan guarantees fail for SOBE rescue

YOUNGSTOWN — An effort failed to get loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy to help downtown Youngstown businesses get off of SOBE Thermal Energy System LLC’s steam heat system, so an option with a local lending institution and the state treasurer is possible. Zach Prouty, ...

Boardman Park event postponed, rescheduled for Sept. 12

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Park Community Day / Celebrating America’s 250th, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed because of the potential for severe weather. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12. In a press release Friday afternoon, Boardman Park officials announced the change. “With the forecast of the potential for severe thunderstorms across the region this weekend. Combined with the lingering impacts of the severe windstorm that struck our community on July 5, these conditions present a safety risk for an event expected to welcome thousands ...

River Rock moves to Packard Saturday

River Rock at the Amp will have a roof this weekend. Sunrise Entertainment, promoter of the outdoor concert series at the Warren Community Amphitheatre, will move Saturday’s show featuring the Michael Jackson tribute Who’s Bad and Bruno Mars tribute Uptown Funk to Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. The smoke from Canadian wildfires that caused a statewide air quality advisory is less of a concern than the thunderstorms in the forecast for much of Saturday. “As soon as the storm comes through, the smoke won’t be an issue,” Sunrise President Ken Haidaris ...

Mahoning library officials respond to attacks –– some of them personal

POLAND — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is once more responding to allegations made by opponents of its decision to move the Poland branch. This time, the staff said, it’s become personal. “We have been very adamant and very careful to not use individuals’ names,” said Chief Stakeholder Relations Officer Zak Kozberg. “And not only have they taken shots at our board and our staff, but also at me.” On Thursday, library staff responded to claims made by members of the Save Our Library committee on the “Ron Verb Show” on WKBN Radio on ...