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Trumbull water board discusses $3.2M maintenance plan

VIENNA — A proposed $3.2 million maintenance plan to bring the county’s seven water tanks up to code cannot be proposed to the Trumbull County Commissioners until a quorum is present. The 12-person Water Advisory Panel hosted a recent meeting at the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer’s ...

McDonald councilman leaving role

McDONALD — Village council is seeking applicants to fill an opening on village council as Councilman Don Smith will be moving from the village after his final meeting July 15. Any resident interested in filling the remainder of Smith’s term can submit a letter of interest to the municipal ...

High winds, heavy rain rip Mahoning County; residents urged to stay home

High winds and heavy rains whipped through Mahoning County on Sunday afternoon, causing heavy damage to portions of Austintown, Boardman and Canfield. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, about 27,000 county residents were without power, according to Ohio Edison. Six hundred outages were reported in Trumbull ...

Valley patrols crack down on texting drivers

In the spring of 2023, after the state’s new texting and driving law went into effect, officials including Gov. Mike DeWine and news media gave it a lot of attention. The Vindicator asked the commander of the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol about it in May of 2023, and he ...

Property revaluations to bring new tax hikes

Taxes and tax relief remain the hot topic in Ohio and Mahoning County politics. Levies are being discussed ahead of the filing deadline for the November general election. County commissioners have imposed an increase on the owner-occupied tax credit that will pull just over $4 million from ...