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O’Brien introduces bill to require JobsOhio to be more transparent

State Sen. Sandra O’Brien, a Republican whose district includes all of Trumbull County, introduced legislation requiring JobsOhio to comply with open records and meetings laws. O’Brien, R-Lenox, said, “JobsOhio was created by the government and is funded with public dollars. If we’re ...

Aluminum company considering opening extrusion plant in Warren

WARREN — A proposed project that may eventually provide 70 new jobs and revitalize a portion of a west side city neighborhood formerly known as Westlawn was approved for a 10-year, 75% tax abatement by the Trumbull County Commissioners at their meeting Wednesday. Although commissioners Tony ...

Car crashes into hair salon in Weathersfield

WEATHERSFIELD — Township safety forces responded Wednesday morning after a car drove into the front of a hair salon near the intersection of state Route 46 and Williamson Street. A 911 spokesman confirmed there was a call of a vehicle crash into Hair Harmony. There were no reported ...

REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST: ‘Rise above the evils’

YOUNGSTOWN — Rabbi Joseph Schonberger told the people who attended Tuesday’s Holocaust commemoration in the rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse that “Antisemitism begins with attitudes and remarks that seem quite harmless,” but “history shows that it leads to dehumanization and ...

End abortion in Ohio, Valley judge argues

David L. Engler, a Trumbull County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division Court judge, filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to stop abortions in the state because the 2023 constitutional amendment legalizing them eliminated guardrails for minors. “A 15-year-old girl in Ohio ...

Mayor urges press to treat Youngstown fairly

YOUNGSTOWN — When it comes to reclaiming its identity, the city is like a seven-course meal, but in need of a chef to bring it all together, the top leader says. “This city has more than other cities, but we do less,” Mayor Derrick McDowell said. McDowell was the keynote speaker for ...