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Girard man accused of threat to kill

LIBERTY — A Girard man accused of threatening to kill his uncle is set to appear back in court for pretrial next week. Christopher Golec, 31, pleaded not guilty to charges of domestic violence, aggravated menacing and violating a protection order in Girard Municipal Court on ...

Woman in custody in Wednesday dollar store robbery

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department took a 35-year-old woman into custody Wednesday afternoon on a burglary warrant out of Pennsylvania and in connection to a robbery at the Family Dollar store at 2224 Market St. Police responded to the store for a 1:55 p.m. call regarding a ...

Man with record of break-ins couldn’t talk way out of prison

YOUNGSTOWN — Brandon Crespo, 28, has stood before a judge many times as a result of his habit of breaking into businesses. He said Thursday that the 10 counts of breaking and entering he pleaded guilty to in December were the result of his drug addiction. He asked for probation, drug ...

District seeks grant for sewer work

BOARDMAN — A local contractor will make repairs to a storm sewer system, and the ABC Water and Stormwater District will seek state funds to pay for it. At a meeting of the ABC district on Wednesday at the Boardman Township Government Center, the board approved two resolutions, most notably ...

Magistrate awards $30,050 to woman alleging sexual abuse

YOUNGSTOWN — Magistrate Dennis Sarisky of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court has awarded compensatory damages of $50 and noneconomic damages of $30,000 to a woman who filed a civil suit against her stepfather, Tommy Christmas of Boardman, alleging Christmas sexually abused her as a ...

Hubbard board hears updates on reading program

HUBBARD — With the school year at its halfway point, the Hubbard Board of Education heard updates on a curriculum adopted last year. At last week’s regular board meeting, Hubbard Elementary Principal Shawn Marcello and K-8 Assistant Principal Sarah Herrholtz presented residents and ...