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Weathersfield waterline project gets federal grant

WARREN — A $700,000 Small Underserved Disadvantaged Community grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may allow the owners of 43 properties in Weathersfield to receive new waterlines at little to no cost. The estimated $1.2 million Stillwagon Water Improvement project — expected to begin installation later this year and completed in early 2027 — is being financed with a $500,000 American Rescue Plan grant and now its local share may be paid for through the federal grant, according to Gary Newbrough, director of the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer ...

Man committed Akron murder several months after Youngstown robbery

YOUNGSTOWN — Denzel Pope, 22, was sentenced to 4 to 5 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for a Feb. 11, 2024, aggravated robbery with a gun in Youngstown. He had an address of 2803 South Avenue in Youngstown at the time. His sentence will be served in addition to the 30-years-to -life Pope ...

Trumbull 911 Center could switch to new call system

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners are reviewing a proposal that would move the county’s 911 Center to a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that will allow it to better communicate with police departments throughout the county. Sundance Systems Inc. of Valley View, near Cleveland, has a CAD system being used by several Trumbull County communities. Liberty police Chief Ray Buhala, representing Trumbull County police chiefs, said there is a need to integrate the Trumbull County 911 CAD system with systems already being used by county law enforcement agencies and fire ...

Trumbull officials, fiber optic providers discuss safety issues

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners moderated a discussion Tuesday that allowed elected officials from across the county to voice complaints from residents about the installation of fiber optic lines in their communities. Residents for most of 2026 have been complaining that the fiber optic companies have been damaging existing lines that run through their properties and, when they are through with their installations, the companies are not restoring the yards to the conditions they were before the installers arrived. Commissioners told representatives of Lumos/T-Fiber, ...

Man riding electric bike falls off, fatally struck by 2 vehicles

Staff report WARREN TOWNSHIP — William Blair, 49, of Leavittsburg, was pronounced dead at the scene of a Tuesday night accident on Tod Avenue (state Route 45) near 8th Street. Blair lost control of the electric bike he was riding and fell off the bike around 9:10 p.m, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported in a news release from the Southington post. A 2021 Ford F-150 operated by Benjamin Woodyard, 45, of Warren, was traveling north on Tod Avenue when it struck Blair, the release states. Woodyard heavily applied the brakes and was struck from behind by a 2015 Dodge Charger ...

Man arrested after Youngstown housemate alleges assault, says suspect made false statement

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was taken to the Mahoning County jail Tuesday night after police arrested him at a home on South Jackson Street on the East Side for allegedly striking another man in the head with a handgun and then calling 911 to blame the attack on several “suspects with guns” who came into the house and committed a robbery. A Youngstown police report described their entrance into the house and interactions with the suspect and then speaking to the victim, who told officers that he pretended to be unconscious but was “faking it to get out of the home,” the report ...