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Girard schools to watch spending and finances

GIRARD — School officials said they plan to watch their spending in upcoming years as less money from the state will leave the district in a deficit in five years. School Treasurer Maureen Lloyd presented the five-year forecast with the district. The general fund held $14 million at the end of the 2025-26 school year, but by the end of the 2030-31 school year, the district is projected to face a $3 million deficit. Board Vice President Joseph Castor said after hearing the projections, officials are concerned as the district is expected to be operating in deficit-spending mode ...

Liberty police respond to social media threats

Staff writer LIBERTY — Liberty police told a man to contact them again if he receives any further messages from a suspect who threatened him and his girlfriend’s family over a messaging app Wednesday evening. According to a police report, officers were called to a Logan Way residence in reference to telephone harassment. Upon arrival, officers spoke with a man who said he was livestreaming Call of Duty when he received Snapchat messages making threats of harm — adding that the person had his location and sent it to him, and he had to be hacked because he keeps his location ...

Felicia Banks Beemer, Warren woman who raped 2 kids, denied parole

WARREN — Felicia Banks Beemer, 36, the Warren woman who raped a girl, 8 months old, and a boy 18 months old, both on video, has been denied parole and must remain in prison for at least 10 more years. The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office announced the decision Thursday. “With ...

Boy hurt in crash with police car

MINERAL RIDGE — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash between a juvenile pedestrian and a Weathersfield Township police vehicle that occurred at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday on Prospect Street east of state Route 46 in the township. An unmarked 2016 Ford Explorer driven by a Weathersfield officer was traveling east on Prospect Street when a boy on foot northbound entered Prospect Street from the south side of the roadway into the lanes of travel and was struck, according to a news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The boy sustained minor injuries and was ...

Truck driver found guilty in rape trial

YOUNGSTOWN — A Warren County man has been convicted of raping and kidnaping a 13-year-old girl in 2019. A jury deliberated for just over 90 minutes on Wednesday before returning a verdict to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney. They found Shakrat Abshukurov, 44, of ...

Potential Development offers $350K to buy former grocery store for school

YOUNGSTOWN — Potential Development, a pre-K through grade 12 school system for students with autism, is offering $350,000 to the city to buy the long-empty former Bottom Dollar grocery store with a planned $1,066,067 investment to make it a K-3 school. DeMaine Kitchen, the city’s community planning and economic development director, said he is pleased with the proposal and wants to move ahead with the sale. “I feel good about the purpose and the organization,” Kitchen said. “They are a long-standing member of the community. I don’t have reservations about them in that ...