BOARDMAN — For 45 years, the Boardman Rotary has hosted an Oktoberfest that brings families from throughout the area and from other states together for a day of fun shopping. The annual event took place Sunday at Boardman Park with thousands of visitors at the all-day event. Shelly ...

WARREN — A Mogadore man who filed lawsuits against six Trumbull County governmental bodies has settled disputes with four of those communities. Touting himself as a warrior fighting for the state’s open meetings, Brian Ames, of Ranfield Road, has collected judgments totaling $2,500 in ...

LISBON — A nonprofit group known as Open Government Advocates in care of Brian Ames of Mogadore filed a lawsuit last week against the Columbiana County Board of Elections and its four board members alleging violations of the state’s open meetings act. The board members named include ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man is facing more than a dozen charges of child pornography after a grand jury indicted him last week. Lance Derrick, 35, of Red Fox Drive, was indicted on 15 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, all fourth-degree felonies. He will be arraigned sometime ...

Marriage licenses granted in Mahoning County Sept. 26-30: Patricia Louise Stokes, 67, Youngstown, and Larry Otis Tate, 67, Youngstown Kiera Alexis Quinn, 19, Austintown, and George Ryan Vega Jr., 20, Austintown Dominic Samuel DiCiocci, 29, Youngstown, and Tiffani Rochell Beverly, 31, ...

New cases filed in Mahoning County Sept. 19-23: ALLSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY vs. SHAUNTELLE COLLIER, complaint BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON vs. WILLIAM MEEKS et al. complaint in foreclosure CHARLOTTE MCGAHA vs. DONALD SIMMONS et al., complaint for conversion COMMUNITY ...