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Regional effort speeds up storm damage cleanup

More than two weeks after the July 5 storms, Mahoning County and local communities were still staring up a mountain. Now, a regional cleanup effort is making a big difference and even running ahead of schedule. Mahoning County EMA Director Conner O’Halloran said more than 12 agencies and 100 people have been working in teams across much of the affected area to clear large piles of debris that were overwhelming individual townships. “We had an increasing amount of debris collecting on the right of way, it was getting dry, just piling up. Townships were offering to chip it, but ...

City man indicted in Akron teen’s death

YOUNGSTOWN — Darius D. Smith, 23, of East Dewey Avenue was indicted Thursday on murder and a gun specification in the early May 27 shooting death of Ty-Ron Perry Jr., 16, of Akron in the 600 block of East Dewey Avenue on the city’s South Side. During an arraignment May 29, Smith’s attorney, Frank Cassese, told Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Renee DiSalvo that he did not think Smith should get a high bond because the killing took place in Smith’s home, “not out on the streets.” He suggested a $100,000 bond. Cassese said nothing in the records suggests that Smith is a ...

Mural splashes onto river’s shores

WARREN — “Mo’ Musky” is swimming where a giant once slept. Warren artist Aaron Chine painted a 100-foot long, brightly colored muskellunge fish (commonly called a musky) on a retaining wall near the Mahoning River that is visible to an estimated 9,000 motorists each day driving on ...

Easterseals camp supports children and caregivers

YOUNGSTOWN — A summer camp offered to local children by Easterseals of Northeast Ohio is not only benefiting them but the grandparents, aunts and uncles taking care of them. Called “Kinship Summer Camp,” the program held for seven weeks four days per week in June and July, has children spending four hours at the camp while their caregivers are given time to spend on their own. McDonald resident Jody Klase, CEO of Easterseals, said the children who attend are being raised by an older adult relative who is not a parent, typically a grandparent or other family member. “We want ...

Grants, ARP funds to help with $3.4M Weathersfield sewer project

NILES — Trumbull County Commissioners said they have secured as many grants and other funding for a $3.4 million sanitary sewer improvement project in the Crain Drive neighborhood in Weathersfield as they could, but residents will still have to pay their share to tap into the system. Commissioners hosted a public hearing Wednesday at Niles McKinley High School where the project, which is set to begin in October, was explained to more than 40 residents. “This project has been planned and worked on for the past five years,” said Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer Gary Newbrough. ...

Tuesday twister graded EF-0

Little more than two weeks since a tornado damaged homes in Canfield and straight-line winds battered Boardman, another twister touched down in the Mahoning Valley. On Tuesday evening, a tornado landed near the county line between Youngstown and Hubbard Township. Authorities have reported no ...