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Meridian gets $137K grant to address substance abuse

Meridian HealthCare received approval for $137,000 in grant funding from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation to support its efforts to address substance use disorders and strengthen prevention, treatment, recovery and community resilience initiatives, Meridian’ President and CEO Larry Moliterno announced Thursday. With the grant award approved, Meridian HealthCare plans to finalize the grant agreement. It is from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation and will go toward Meridian’s Re-Work: Building Skills, Stability and Success Program. The effort will provide job-readiness training, career ...

Democrat Trumbull County commissioner candidate plans public meetings

Kristen Rock, the Democratic candidate for Trumbull County commissioner, will discuss her plans for the county with residents during a series of public meetings. Rock said every decision made by county government should be measured against how well it directly improves the lives of residents. Rock’s meeting dates are scheduled: ● 8 a.m. Thursday, Panera Bread on Elm Road in Howland. ● 10 a.m. Friday, Niles SCOPE Center. ● 7 p.m. Sept. 21 via Zoom. Email cardwellelizabeth@gmail.com for meeting details. ● 5 p.m. Sept. 22, Girard library. ● 5 p.m. Sept. 23, ...

Property transfers for Sept. 12

Property transfers recorded Aug. 31-Sept. 4 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Zachary Arbogast to Bonnie R. Mikenik, 4826 Warwick Drive, $235,000 The Whitten Family Trust, Aug. 2025, to Michael Lee Owens, 6884 Slippery Rock Drive, $285,000 Noah J. and Maria E. Hochendoner to Gregory A. and Judith Yakimoff, 1899 Woodgate St., $250,000 Linda L. Glunt to Angela Rose Nedzelski, 1788 Lancaster Drive, $229,000 Jared McHenry to Jeffret D. Ditman, 4829 New Road, $199,900 Cole WG Austintown to F.W.W. Capital Group LLC, 5501 Mahoning Ave., Suite M., ...

$350K request for Sparkle makes agenda

YOUNGSTOWN — A $350,000 grant to help keep the Sparkle Market in Cornersburg and the $350,000 sale of the former Bottom Dollar grocery store building are on Youngstown City Council’s Wednesday agenda, but passage at the meeting is very uncertain. That’s because both ordinances were supposed to first be discussed at a Monday community planning and economic development (CPED) committee meeting that was canceled. The CPED committee last met July 13 with members expressing skepticism over the Sparkle economic stabilization grant. Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st Ward and CPED ...

Students honor heroes of 9/11

Staff report BOARDMAN — More than 350 students gathered in the parking lot at Stadium Drive Elementary School on Friday for the school’s annual Patriot Day Ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They were joined by Boardman police ...

YSU remembers terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001

By SEAN BARRON Correspondent YOUNGSTOWN — Even though one of the nation’s darkest and terror-filled days took place a few years before he was born, Alexander Rothwell struggled to hold the tears in check. “It’s still pretty emotional for me to see what happened and all of the ...