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Trumbull County facing rising insurance costs

WARREN — Trumbull County will see the cost of its insurance increase from $825,384 in the contract that will end this week to $1,029,692, which is a net increase of 23.25%. The county is under a self-insurance program called County Risk Sharing Authority, also known as CORSA. Because CORSA ...

Liberty says goodbye to longtime administrator, band director

LIBERTY — The Liberty Board of Education accepted resolutions that will have the district saying goodbye to a longtime band teacher and administrator. The board accepted the resignations of Blott Guy Elementary P-2 principal Michael Palmer and Band Director Michael Summers — both for ...

On the record: Girard

WHAT: City council meeting Monday PRESENT: John Moliterno, Reynald Paolone, Jeff Kay, Sam Zirafi, Keith Schubert, Lily Martuccio, Thomas Grumley and Mayor Mark Zuppo ABSENT: Mark Standohar Council: • Scheduled a public hearing at 6:15 p.m. June 9 for a zone change request from ...

Privacy of Realty Tower settlement to be decided

YOUNGSTOWN — A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. May 12 for Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Robert Rusu Jr. to hear arguments for why he should or should not seal the records relating to the settlement reached between the relatives of Akil M. Drake and the defendants in the civil suit related ...

West Virginia embraces Trump’s push for coal

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted remains of coal tipples and processing plants coming back to life. Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will ...

White House focuses on border crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs ...