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Black History Month events continue in Valley

February is Black History Month, and events and programs are scheduled throughout the Mahoning Valley. • Friday — A Black History Month themed movie will be shown at 1 p.m. at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW. • Friday — A celebration honoring ...

On the record: Trumbull County and Lowellville

Trumbull County WHAT: Trumbull Career & Technical Center board meetings Jan. 15 and Feb. 12 meetings: The board: • Approved extending Superintendent Jason Gray’s contract by five years from Aug. 1, 2026, to July 31, 2031. He has been superintendent for 13 years. • Welcomed new ...

4 apply for city’s 6th Ward vacancy

YOUNGSTOWN — Four people applied to seek city council’s appointment to the vacant 6th Ward seat with the legislative body planning to select someone by its March 4 meeting. The person selected, which requires a vote of at least four of the six sitting council members, would succeed ...

Mahoning chief deputy clerk files for appeals court seat as write-in

YOUNGSTOWN — Katherine E. Rudzik, the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts’ chief deputy clerk and a registered Republican, filed to run as a write-in candidate in the Democrat primary for a seat on the 7th District Court of Appeals. Rudzik, of Poland, is the only candidate to file as a ...

Mother of girl killed in 2023 testifies in murder trial

YOUNGSTOWN — Jaismon Morris had driven her daughter, Amya Monserrat, 15, and a friend of her daughter to a birthday party for a 16-year-old at Martha’s Boulevard Tavern on Southern Boulevard April 15, 2023, but started to become concerned. Morris was talking to a bartender and learned ...

Engineering firm contract voted down in Girard

GIRARD — City council voted 5-1 Monday against a new engineering contract with MS Consultants of Youngstown and instead is recommending to the city administration having a full-time engineer on site. Councilwoman-at-Large Lily Martuccio was the lone “yes” vote for awarding the contract ...