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Administrator of senior levy to take on new transit duties

WARREN — Trumbull County Senior Levy Administrator Diane Siskowic-Jurkovic is expected to be named the interim transit administrator in addition to maintaining her current duties. Because of the increased duties, she will move up from earning $37.44 per hour for four days a week to ...

Supreme Court reverses local appeals ruling on Weathersfield injection well

WEATHERSFIELD — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state does not owe compensation to Howland based AWMS Water Solutions for suspension of the operations of an injection well AWMS drilled along state Route 169 in Weathersfield just north of Niles more than a decade ago. The ...

Valley nurse gets probation for violations at family practice

YOUNGSTOWN — Elizabeth Zinni, 38, of Paris Drive in Austintown, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to two second-degree misdemeanor charges of obstructing official business and was placed on six months of probation for violations related to the Zinni Family Practice, ...

Valley’s top students featured at Trumbull schools honors breakfast

By JOHN PATRICK GATTA Correspondent HOWLAND — While another overcast, sunless sky greeted the Mahoning Valley on Thursday morning, a roomful of graduating seniors was being supported for a bright future during the annual Trumbull County Schools Honors Breakfast at The Grand Resort. The ...

Hanni on court record opposing Ohio’s party affiliation rule

YOUNGSTOWN — While a federal judge quickly rejected Appeals Court Judge Mark A. Hanni’s motion to intervene in a case seeking to overturn a law requiring party affiliation on the ballot for upper-court judicial candidates, his declaration in opposition to the lawsuit is part of the court ...

Brown goes after Husted over Iran war, gas prices

AUSTINTOWN — Democrat Sherrod Brown, who is seeking to return to the U.S. Senate, said Sen. Jon Husted, the Republican incumbent, refuses to speak against the war in Iran despite soaring gas prices. At a Thursday event at Paladin Brewing, which drew about 75 people, Brown said, “It’s ...