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Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Matt Glidewell The board: • Approved seeking bids for the planned $1.2 million addition for Seaborn Elementary School. Officials have said because of increased enrollment and plans to house special needs students within the district instead of at other locations throughout the county, the board approved moving forward with a 2,500-square-foot addition to Seaborn. Dohar said the enrollment for grades kindergarten to sixth who are housed at the school has ...

Warren man arraigned after high-speed chase into North Jackson

WARREN — A city man was charged with several offenses after a Sunday night incident that began with police trying to pull over a car for dark window tint at Front Street and Nevada Avenue Southwest that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in gunfire hitting a house. Freddie T. Washington, 19, of Parkman Road NW was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on charges including felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor hit-skip. The chase ended in North Jackson about 15 miles away. There were four men in the ...

YSU Kilcawley Center 2.0 takes shape

YOUNGSTOWN -- Work on the approximately $58 million Kilcawley Center renovation project on the Youngstown State University campus continues this week toward a fall 2027 completion. The university broke ground May 5, 2025, to modernize the well-known facility that was constructed in the ...

Mahoning may cut number of voting precincts

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections is considering a reduction in voting precincts, starting next year, because of issues recruiting enough poll workers and an eventual reduction in costs. With numerous people voting early, the strain on polling locations during elections is less than several years ago, said Tom McCabe, the board’s director. Also, with 212 precincts, the board of elections needs 848 poll workers for each election, and the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office wants 30% over that as backups, McCabe said. “We struggle with poll workers,” McCabe ...

Man charged in death of baby in Struthers

STRUTHERS — After nearly three weeks in the hospital, a baby has died from injuries reportedly inflicted when a family friend shook him because he would not stop crying. Struther police detective Rich Craig said he was notified early Tuesday that Elijah Dennis, 5 weeks old, died at ...

Man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man will spend close to five years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Youngstown man on the South Side in September 2025. The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office announced the decision by Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony ...