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Green trustee files suit vs. South Range Board of Ed

GREEN — Township trustee Randy Chismar has filed a lawsuit over alleged Sunshine Law violations by the South Range Board of Education. The complaint was filed Dec. 29, 2025, regarding a June 9, 2025, special meeting. Chismar claimed the school board did not properly advertise the special ...

Bond stays at $500K for man accused of shooting in Austintown

YOUNGSTOWN —The attorney for Mikklo I. Delgado, 23, of Youngstown, entered a not guilty plea for Delgado on Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, aggravated robbery and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or ...

Man accused in trio of arsons enters insanity plea

YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney for Will A. Jones, 59, the man accused of starting three house arsons in Youngstown in November containing a combined 14 people, has filed a not guilty by reason of insanity plea. Attorney Gary VanBrocklin filed a written not guilty by reason of insanity plea Jan. ...

Local school districts get $1M in bus safety grants

Staff report Numerous local school districts in Trumbull and Mahoning counties and the Lake to River Economic Development area were recently awarded more than $1 million in funding from the Ohio School Bus Safety Grant Program. As part of the state operating budget, the Legislature ...

State reimbursement for public defenders lower than projected

WARREN — The Trumbull County Office of Public Defenders is working to increase the number of full-time attorneys working in its office and reducing the number of contract attorneys, according to its director, Laura Berzonski. Last year, Berzonski said the office had 24 contract attorneys ...

Police called for 2 car fires possibly connected to snowfall

YOUNGSTOWN — Two car fires described as having occurred because of heavy snowfall were reported Sunday in Youngstown. At 9:19 a.m. Sunday officers were called to Dogwood Lane at Buckeye Court on the East Side for a car fire involving a 2016 Ford Fusion that Youngstown firefighters asked to ...