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Cynthia Westcott Rice drops judicial bid

WARREN — After switching her party affiliation to Republican to run for reelection to the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court bench, Cynthia Westcott Rice, elected five times as judge as a Democrat, withdrew her candidacy. Rice submitted a letter Tuesday to the Trumbull County Board of ...

Local generosity grows United Way’s impact

BOARDMAN — Despite economic hardships faced by many in the Mahoning Valley last year, area residents stepped up for the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley and helped set a donation record. A news conference Tuesday morning at the Centofanti Volunteer Resource Center ...

City school board reviews finances

YOUNGSTOWN — School officials have received updated information pertaining to the district’s financial forecast. During their regular board of education meeting Tuesday at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School, board members heard a presentation from Treasurer Michael A. Rock in ...

Trumbull sanitary engineer wants water, sewer mapping

WARREN — At Tuesday’s Trumbull County commissioners workshop, Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough asked commissioners to allow their clerk to seek requests for qualifications from private companies to provide Geographic Information System data collection services for the ...

Man shot while in car on Pyatt Street on Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN — A man suffered two gunshot wounds during a 5:45 p.m. Sunday shooting on Pyatt Street just north of downtown Youngstown. A Youngstown police report states that two people were traveling east in a car on Pyatt Street when a black vehicle coming the other direction crossed in ...

Canfield fire board ponders possible loss of property taxes

CANFIELD — Cardinal Joint Fire District members agreed on the importance of having a plan for the possible loss of property taxes at their meeting Monday. A group is circulating petitions to put the abolition of property taxes on the November ballot statewide. “The issue comes down to ...