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Woman charged with felonious assault in Friday knife fight

YOUNGSTOWN — Perstephanie Parker, 49, was set for arraignment Friday afternoon in Youngstown Municipal Court on two counts of felonious assault in an early Friday incident on Cassius Avenue on the East Side in which three women were stabbed. A Youngstown police report states that officers were called to Cassius Avenue at 3:38 a.m. by Parker, who said two women cut Parker’s hand after an argument about her brother broke out and the women charged at her with a knife. If Parker is convicted of the charges, she could get more than 10 years in prison. However, when police spoke with ...

Cutrona’s proposed bill to ensure Flock cameras data is used properly

With the use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras coming under scrutiny, state Sen. Al Cutrona said he plans to introduce legislation to ensure information they collect is used appropriately. Cutrona, R-Canfield, said: “Ensuring that the rights and privacy of citizens is upheld is the default standard in a government that is of, by and for the people. The legislation will prohibit any government entity collecting Flock camera data from sharing it with a third party or for personal use.” Cutrona said his proposal wouldn’t permit any government agency in the ...

Pedestrian struck by semi on I-80 in Hubbard

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — A Hubbard truck driver was killed when another semi struck him while he was outside his vehicle on Interstate 80 Thursday evening. The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren Post is investigating the crash that happened just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday when a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck and trailer operated by Rashid Salah, 52, of Rosemount, Minnesota, was traveling eastbound in the right lane of I-80. A 2005 Saab 9-3, operated by Randall Kriebel, 65, of Hubbard, was stopped on the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes. Kriebel was outside his vehicle in ...

Spill closes Liberty road for 8 hours

LIBERTY — Tibbetts Wick Road has reopened since Thursday afternoon’s spill, but the township’s fire chief says more work will happen before the road is completely cleared of its residue. Fire Chief Doug Theobald said Friday that the spill was caused by a truck that was traveling east when a car pulled out in front of him and caused the driver to slam on his brakes and swerve left. “(He) missed the car, but the material on the truck shifted forward and then overflowed from the trailer onto the road,” Theobald said. “The material was very, for lack of a better description, ...

Youngstown considers $7.3M for sewage project

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Monday to authorize the board of control to spend about $3.8 million on initial site work and up to $3.5 million to relocate utility lines for an estimated $170 million wastewater improvement project. One ordinance would permit the ...

Rate hikes for SOBE may get revisited

By DAVID SKOLNICK Staff writer The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will meet Wednesday to consider whether it will rehear its June 24 decision to approve significant emergency rate increases for SOBE Thermal Systems LLC, which impacted all of its downtown Youngstown customers. The PUCO will consider requests for a rehearing from the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel regarding the rate increases for SOBE’s customers. The PUCO approved steam heat rate increases for all SOBE customers with most of them paying 93% more, starting June 30, and an ...