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Rate hikes for SOBE may get revisited

By DAVID SKOLNICK Staff writer The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will meet Wednesday to consider whether it will rehear its June 24 decision to approve significant emergency rate increases for SOBE Thermal Systems LLC, which impacted all of its downtown Youngstown customers. The PUCO will consider requests for a rehearing from the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel regarding the rate increases for SOBE’s customers. The PUCO approved steam heat rate increases for all SOBE customers with most of them paying 93% more, starting June 30, and an ...

Cops continue manhunt in Boardman; suspect’s sister charged with felonies

BOARDMAN — Police are still looking for a man who led them on a foot chase through Applewood Acres on Wednesday evening. While the official report redacted his name, Boardman Police Chief Todd Werth said Stacey Dwayne Mahone Jr., 24, of Boardman, is wanted on felony warrants out of his ...

On the record: Campbell Board of Education

Campbell WHAT: Board of Education special meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Judy Gozur, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: ● Approved an agreement with Emergency Medical Transport Inc. to provide ambulance coverage for football standbys at a rate of $200 per hour per unit per game. ● Approved a three-year agreement with SOS Security Systems Inc. for a 24-hour burglary alarm monitoring service at the new Campbell Health and Community Development Center. ● Approved a three-year contract with SOS Security Systems Inc. for elevator alarm and video ...

Area deaths

MICHAEL B. CALKO, 64, of Warren, died July 25. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Sept. 5, Forest Lawn Cemetery. VIRGINIA SALLY RODWAY, 92, of Boardman, died Aug. 4. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Aug. 22, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Aug. 22, church. CHRISTINA M. BISKER, 63, of Youngstown, died Wednesday. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Monday, Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, funeral home.

On the record: Struthers Board of Education

Struthers WHAT: Board of Education meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Walter Baber, Kristin Fox, Joseph Fuline, Robert Noble and Ron Shives The board: ● Approved the financial report and investments for July. ● Approved an agreement between the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities and the Struthers City School District to provide educational service to Leonard Kirtz School students for the 2026-27 school year. ● Approved the contract with Supplemental Educational Services Inc. for St. Nicholas, Holy Family, St. Rose Title I Services for the 2026-27 school ...

Man kills self in standoff in Howland

HOWLAND — A standoff between law enforcement and a fugitive ended Wednesday with the man committing suicide. According to an email from the U.S. Marshals Northern District of Ohio office, the agency’s violent fugitive task force received information that the man who has been on the run since 2022 was hiding in a house in the 3900 block of Highlawn Avenue SW, Howland. The subject was noted to have an extensive violent criminal history and was wanted by the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault and aggravated burglary. The ...