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Lordstown extends data center moratorium

LORDSTOWN — With the current 180-day moratorium on data centers expiring on Independence Day, village council on Monday approved by emergency reading extending that moratorium for another 180 days, effective July 5. Village council on Monday had a public hearing on the extension, with few ...

Trumbull auditor seeks $1.2M refund from general fund

WARREN — Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder is seeking to recover $1,192,359 that her office’s real estate assessment fund paid to half of the employees working in the county’s tax map program since 2019. Yoder, during the commissioners’ weekly workshop, sought to get clarification ...

New tax break considered in Trumbull County

WARREN — Two county commissioners are pushing to place on next week’s agenda a resolution to provide a 2.5% tax credit to owner-occupant homeowners to provide tax relief. “There is a concern from the residents, school superintendents and trustees,” Commissioner Rick Hernandez said. ...

Girard man found passed out with handgun

LIBERTY — A Girard man was scheduled to appear in Girard Municipal Court on Tuesday following his weekend arrest after police allegedly found him passed out in a running vehicle with a handgun. Carl Kaplin, 66, faces charges of physical control of a vehicle while under the influence and ...

State asked to probe nominating petitions for fraud

WARREN — Not only will Michael Philip Walton not be an independent candidate for the 64th Ohio House District seat, but the Trumbull County Board of Elections forwarded his nominating petitions to the state’s Public Integrity Division to investigate for potential election fraud. The board ...

Lawyer for Trumbull County, recorder asks judge to dismiss suit

An attorney representing Trumbull County and Recorder Dawn Zinni-Hanni asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Tod Latell, the former county recorder, alleging civil conspiracy, defamation and abuse of political authority or influence. Jillian Eckart of the Cleveland law firm of ...