LIBERTY — A Youngstown couple faces charges after being accused of leaving several dogs in a vehicle with its internal temperature reaching triple digits. Amy Mikulich, 27, and Desean Johnson, 30, pleaded not guilty to a charge of cruelty to companion animals in front of Girard ...
By DAN POMPILI Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — The burden is on local governments, school districts and the county itself to provide tax relief for homeowners. Mahoning County commissioners Tuesday approved a last-minute resolution that will double the owner-occupied tax credit. The change will go into effect this year and will be collected in 2027. Right now, the 1971 law that implemented the 2,5% tax credit provides reimbursement from Columbus to counties for the cost of the tax revenue that would otherwise be lost. But House Bill 96, passed in 2025, which allows counties to increase ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno said there may be a way to obtain federal loan guarantees to help downtown Youngstown businesses that get steam heat from SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC to get their energy elsewhere and not have to rely on the troubled utility company. Moreno, a Republican, said he spoke Tuesday to Chris Wright, the U.S. secretary of energy, about the SOBE situation. “Maybe there’s some federal loan guarantees that can help pay for individual buildings to get their own power generation facility,” Moreno said. “The savings in costs would pay that loan because those ...
CANFIELD — The Canfield Board of Education met in special session Tuesday to take the first steps toward placing a 5.9-mill additional operations levy on the November ballot. “This is a 5.9-mill current expense levy to appear on the November ballot this year,” said Board President Steve DeMaiolo. “This is the first of two votes needed.” Canfield Local School District Treasurer Ben Marko said the first vote only contains the millage. Once approved, it allows the district to forward the levy request to the Mahoning County auditor, who will verify the amount it will bring ...
BOARDMAN — Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno said the Democratic Party supports open borders, “transgenderism,” racism, and it wants “to destroy our fossil fuels.”. Moreno spoke at a Tuesday event at the Mahoning County Republican Party headquarters: “Sadly, we have a Democrat Party that’s gone off the rails. But that’s OK because we have a Republican Party that’s now a very broad tent.” He called Democrats “the full anti-American party,” and the media is complicit in covering it up. Regarding Democrats, Moreno said, “They don’t believe that you’re ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A lengthy hearing took place Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to discuss motions attorney David Betras filed asking that the murder charge and other charges against David Tribble, 46, of Youngstown, be dismissed in the July 11, 2024, shooting death of Jermaine A. ...
