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Kroll gets the boot, new East Palestine settlement administrator appointed

EAST PALESTINE — In a ruling in Youngstown’s U.S. District Court, federal Judge Benita Pearson confirmed what class members of the $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern have long insisted — Kroll Administration fumbled the ball. On Wednesday, Pearson ordered the removal of ...

JEDD taking shape to aid arrival of Kimberly-Clark

A proposed Joint Economic Development District involving Warren and Howland and Warren townships is advancing to facilitate construction of a major Kimberly-Clark manufacturing facility in Trumbull County — a project expected to create hundreds of jobs and drive significant economic ...

Woman, 29, indicted in city stabbing

YOUNGSTOWN — Cielito Matos, 29, whose address is the Mahoning County jail, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault in a July 26, 2024, stabbing of a man on East Dennick Avenue on the North Side. If Matos is convicted, she could get about 20 years in ...

Austintown police blotter

Austintown Police activity reported June 5-12: June 12, 3:19 a.m. — Ryan Repko was arrested during a traffic stop on North Canfield-Niles Road on an undisclosed Niles warrant. June 11, 9:18 p.m. — Theft was reported at 4303 Kerrybrook Drive. 10:01 a.m. — Vehicle recovered at 44 ...

Boardman police blotter

Police activity reported June 3-10: June 10, 8:17 p.m. — Aaron D. Johnson, 21, 1952 Donald Ave., Youngstown, was arrested by Lordstown police on a Boardman theft warrant. 6:42 p.m. — J-Waun M. Walker, 23, 728 Palmer Ave., Youngstown, was arrested by Ohio State Highway Patrol ...

Queer ‘Victorian horror nerd’ discusses works at public library program

YOUNGSTOWN — In conjunction with Pride Month, the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County hosted, via Zoom, the author of “The Glass Scientists,” a young adult graphic novel / webcomic by Sage Cotugno. Cotugno is a queer and mixed-race “Victorian horror nerd,” who was ...