YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge has approved a $35,246 final payment to Reg Martin, ousted receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, for less than three months of work in which the utility company repeatedly failed to provide basic services. Judge Anthony ...

The Ohio Supreme Court suspended the law license of Nick Graham of Poland, a former Warren city assistant prosecutor convicted of conspiracy in an alleged bribery scheme. Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy ordered Graham “suspended from the practice of law for an interim period” and ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Proceedings continued Friday in the case of a Columbiana man accused of rape. The trial of Matthew Nicholson, 47, of Garfield Road, was postponed Feb. 23 after defense attorney John Shultz learned Feb. 20 that the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office had failed to turn ...

Austintown Police activity reported March 19-25: March 25, 10:30 a.m. — Buffalo Cartridge Company BRG-9 handgun was found in a rental vehicle at 4908 Mahoning Ave. 2:41 a.m. — Mitchell A. Wodgik was arrested on South Meridian Road on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired and was ...

Staff report The Ohio EPA is awarding more than $2.8 million to 122 public water systems in 58 counties to support critical improvements that will help ensure safe, reliable drinking water for Ohio families. These grants, which are funded through the U. S. EPA’s Drinking Water State ...

Property transfers recorded March 16 to 20 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Robert F. Premec and Taylor L. Premec to Michael Puskar, 238 Aldrich Road, $143,860 Jane S. Bennett to Jack T. Flynn, 100 Clearwater Cove S, $339,000 Deborah S. Horvath to ...