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Lordstown officials, residents object to renewed EPA permit for energy center

LORDSTOWN — Village officials and residents expressed their objections to the Trumbull Energy Center being given a renewed permit for discharging wastewater into Mud Creek when it should instead use the available nearby village sanitary sewer system. Nearly 100 people attended a 90-minute ...

On the record Trumbull County

Trumbull County WHAT: Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities organizational meeting Jan. 26 PRESENT: Melissa Baker, Tim Calderone, Jodi Glaser and Kim Hynes ABSENT: Mauro DiVieste and Larry Larson The board: •Named Glaser as board president and DiVieste as vice ...

Three from GOP file for Mahoning commissioner

YOUNGSTOWN — Three Republicans are vying to be the party’s nominee for Mahoning County commissioner, while state Rep. Lauren McNally won’t face opposition in the Democratic primary for the position. Republicans filing by Wednesday’s deadline for commissioner were Canfield Mayor Don ...

Candidates abound for Valley’s pair of congressional seats

U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce and Michael Rulli, the two incumbent Republicans who represent the Mahoning Valley, drew numerous challengers. In the 14th Congressional District, two Republicans — Niki Frenchko of Warren, a former Trumbull County commissioner, and Mark Zetzer of Russell — filed by ...

Austintown announces bids for paving project

AUSTINTOWN — The township is reviewing formal bids for a large-scale paving project slated to begin as soon as the weather clears. Township Administrator Mark D’Apolito opened sealed bids from six contractors at Monday’s regular trustees meeting for a roughly $1.5 million road ...

Nurse and police officer testify in Youngstown rape trial

YOUNGSTOWN — A teen girl told a nurse at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital in June of 2019 that Dustin Ruiter raped her for the first time the previous December after she “said no, and he hit me because I said no,” according to testimony Wednesday in Ruiter’s rape trial in Mahoning ...