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Wean Foundation awards $66K to 19 area initiatives

The Raymond John Wean Foundation has approved $66,442 for resident-led initiatives in Warren and Youngstown. Grants will support 19 organizations, including seven new grantee partners, underscoring the Wean Foundation's ongoing investment in emerging leaders and community-led change. Each ...

McDonald Village Council member to step down for move to Florida

McDONALD — Village councilman Don Smith, who has served as chairman of the finance and levy committees, will step down at the end of July because he and his family are moving to Florida. Members of council thanked Smith for his service and plan to seek applicants to fill the seat. Mayor Ray ...

Senior citizens agency gets new director from McDonald

McDONALD — Village resident Jeff Rasile, who is known to many in Trumbull County as a coach and teacher, is now taking on a new career after being named the new director of Trumbull County SCOPE Senior Services. Rasile is replacing Mike Wilson, who left earlier this month for a position ...

Six charged in human trafficking sting are indicted in Mahoning County

YOUNGSTOWN — Six men who were charged in last month’s human trafficking sting by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force were indicted Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on various charges. They are: ● Anthony R. Balista, 40, of Youngstown-Warren Road in Niles, ...

Parents of murder victim deliver emotional remarks

YOUNGSTOWN — Before Jonthony Altreche, 21, of Youngstown, learned Wednesday that he was going to spend about 30 years in prison for shooting Ty’Rice Logan, 26, to death outside of the Miss Daisy’s bar on South Avenue near Pasadena Avenue on Dec. 10, 2023, Altreche heard from Logan’s ...

Local bread company to close

YOUNGSTOWN — Schwebel Baking Company, a Mahoning Valley institution founded in 1906, plans to end operations after the Fourth of July holiday, the company announced Wednesday in a news release. “The Schwebel’s brand has been known for the highest quality of bread, buns and other bakery ...