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Austintown police probe bomb threat

AUSTINTOWN — Police are investigating another threat against the township’s school system. A press release from the Austintown Police Department issued late Thursday states a school bus was isolated and the campus restricted while police investigated a bomb threat involving the bus. “A ...

Veterans Day events set around Valley

Veterans Day events in the Mahoning Valley: Wednesday AUSTINTOWN - Austintown schools will have a Veterans Day ceremony 9 a.m. at the Austintown Fitch High School auditorium. Guest speaker will be Bill Johnson, president of Youngstown State University and a former U.S. congressman. The ...

Nov. 7 property transfers

Property transfers recorded Oct. 26-30 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Rayvin Gorrell to Jessica and Bryan Enyeart, 4463 Nantucket Drive, $143,000 Jessica and Victor Foor to Dale Foor, 4626 Rita Ave., $40,860 Melissa K. and Scott E. Mathenay to Jamie M. ...

Tourism brings $1.1B to county

YOUNGSTOWN — More than a billion dollars. That’s how much economic impact tourism has on Mahoning County, according to a recent report shared by the Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The biannual study conducted by the Tourism Economics group within Oxford Economics reports ...

Trumbull water advisory panel seeks fee increase

It will be up to Trumbull County commissioners to decide whether residents will receive higher charges to extend the lives of water tanks and keep up with an increasing pass-through rate. The county's water advisory panel voted 6-4 to recommend to commissioners a $2 increase to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Replacement Improvement Fund. The vote came at a meeting Thursday in Vienna. Brookfield Trustee Dan Suttles, Liberty Trustee Devon Stanley, Warren Township Trustee Ryan Yoho and Champion Trustee Dean Richard York cast the dissenting votes. Voting in favor were Bazetta ...

Hubbard panel seeks sewer-rate legislation

HUBBARD -- Officials noted Environmental Protection Agency requirements for lead service lines as part of the uncertainty faced in forecasting city finances. At a meeting earlier this week, Councilman Mike Kerr, D-4th Ward, asked the law director to draw up legislation for an ordinance ...