GIRARD — On the East Coast, it is Disney World, and on the West Coast, it is Disneyland. These locations come to mind when thinking of amusement parks, but Northeast Ohio was populated by numerous pleasure grounds much earlier than when those parks opened. Speaker and author Wendy Koile ...
GIRARD — City Council has approved Girard officials participating with other local communities and leaders to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail. At their meeting this week, officials said that Girard will join other communities such as Howland, Weathersfield, McDonald, Youngstown, Campbell, Struthers, Lowellville and Poland to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail as a means to encourage tourism and eco-friendly, educational, historical, cultural and recreational activities on the river. Mayor Mark Zuppo will be the official representative of the city to participate in the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The aggravated murder trial of two Youngstown men accused of participating in the shooting death of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at the East Side home of co-defendant, Andre K. Bailey, on Bott Street on Oct. 17, 2024, is now set for Sept. 21. Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, are charged with aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence, but they were only recently taken into custody in the case. Marbley was booked into the Mahoning County jail May 11 after being found in Columbus, and Winphrie was booked into the jail April 2 after ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control signed a $12,500 agreement to buy the clubhouse of the Afro Dogs Motorcycle Club as part of a major wastewater improvement project. The three parcels at 530 Gibson Ave. will be used as part of the city’s planned $170 million, 80-million-gallon-per-day wet weather facility to improve its wastewater system. The structures in the facility would treat excess combined sewage during heavy rainstorms and then release the water. The parcels that were owned by the club will be used for the “grit and screening” building — one of six ...
WARREN — A former Trumbull County employee has been sentenced to six months in jail for six felonies related to her stealing money and altering records to cover up the crime. Vanessa Clark, 59, of McDonald Avenue in Niles, a former employee of the auto title division of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, was sentenced Tuesday by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor to 180 days in jail, with credit for 88 days already served while awaiting sentencing, court records show. She pleaded guilty May 5 to one count of theft in office and five counts of tampering ...
Menards home improvement store in Bazetta is serving as a pet supply collection site through August and September. Donations collected at the store, located at 2015 Wal Mart Drive NE, will be forwarded to an area humane agency. There is a collection box near the exit doors at Menards to place donations. Menards offers a wide variety of pet supplies that will be donated, including food, treats, feeders, collars, beds, storage containers, mats and more.
