LIBERTY — There are about three more months before planning officials must deliver a finalized plan to revitalize a frequently used corridor connecting Mahoning and Trumbull counties — and on Monday, residents received an update. Officials heard from Katie Philips, an MS Consultants ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The 7th District Court of Appeals upheld a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge’s decision requiring the city reinstate Brian Flynn, who was fired as a police lieutenant in December 2022 after being accused of dereliction of duty, with back pay and interest. In a 3-0 decision, the court denied the city’s claims that Judge Maureen Sweeney erred in affirming the Dec. 26, 2024, binding decision by arbitrator Jerry B. Sellman that the city should have suspended Flynn for two weeks without pay rather than fire him and Sellman correctly interpreted the collective ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A request from the Mayor Derrick McDowell administration to provide a $350,000 “business retention” grant and three years of income tax refunds to Sparkle Market in Cornersburg to keep it operating received a cool reception from council members. Council’s community planning and economic development committee heard the request Monday from administration officials and the owners of Sparkle Market. DeMaine Kitchen, the city’s community planning and economic development director, said some of the store’s aisles and shelves are empty, and some people thought the ...
BOARDMAN — Police are still investigating a shooting that resulted in a car crash over the weekend. A Boardman Police Department report states that while no one was killed, two women were injured in the incident. Two young children who were also in the car at the time were not reported injured, although their condition was not explicitly stated. The report states that when police responded to the emergency call about 7:20 p.m. Saturday, they found a car overturned near the intersection of Market Street and Meadowbrook Avenue and two women in the car being tended by Boardman Fire ...
BOARDMAN — While pedestrians and bicyclists remain discouraged from entering, vehicles continue to be barred access to Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Burials, however, are taking place at the cemetery. A EF-1 tornado touched down in Canfield Township in the early afternoon of July 5 and an ...
GIRARD — With 90-degree temperatures outside, Girard students are staying cool indoors by using water for a four-day science learning camp. Bill Young, coordinator of the camp and curriculum and support services coordinator for Girard City Schools, said this is the first year for the ...
