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Amendment meant to help Delphi pensioners rejected

Staff report A renewed effort to aid salaried Delphi retirees obtain pension benefits was thwarted Tuesday. The Dayton Daily News reported U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina., prevented the advancement of an amendment to a $1 billion spending package. Foxx chairs the House Rules ...

Falls treasure hunt enters final week

Staff report NEWTON FALLS — After more than four months, thousands of miles traveled and participants arriving from across the United States and beyond, the Newton Falls Treasure Hunt is entering its final chapter. Tom Colosimo, owner of Fieldview Acres Mercantile, said the community-wide ...

New Castle man convicted of charges against woman in Liberty

Staff report WARREN — A Trumbull County jury on Tuesday found Justin L. Fry-Starrett, 33, of New Castle, Pa., guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court of felonious assault, domestic violence and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Fry-Starrett, who has been ...

Liberty police seek suspect in dirt bike chase Wednesday

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a chase that ended with the person fleeing into a wooded area on foot after crashing a dirt bike early Wednesday. According to a police report, an officer traveling southbound on Belmont Avenue spotted a man riding a black dirt bike ...

Liberty and Girard’s shared services deal locked in

LIBERTY — An agreement between two districts for services has finally been set, as the Liberty Board of Education approved a shared services agreement with Girard City School District. According to the resolution, Liberty could not employ a chief bus mechanic/bus driver and was in need of ...

On the record McDonald

McDonald WHAT: Board of education meeting Monday PRESENT: Nick Gallo, Michael Morris, Jessica Krumpak, Donna Shields and Kristina Merola The board: — Approved the purchase of a 78-passenger school bus at $142,839 through the Ohio School Council. — Heard from Superintendent Gary ...