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Another resident alleges theft by contractor

BOARDMAN — A local contractor is in hot water for a familiar offense. A Boardman woman told police she paid a contractor $5,000 toward a $20,000 home-improvement project more than a year ago, but the work remains unfinished and the contractor has stopped responding to her. The complaint comes as police in several Mahoning Valley communities are investigating separate allegations involving Boardman contractor John P. Bartos III, who was arrested Friday on four outstanding warrants. Bartos has not been identified as the contractor in Tuesday’s Boardman complaint and the names of ...

Woman pleads guilty in child sex abuse case

YOUNGSTOWN — A Youngstown woman faces a likely prison stint after pleading guilty Monday to sex offenses involving a 3-year-old child. A news release from the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office states that Tekia Huggins, 34, pleaded guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to charges including gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony; pandering sexually oriented matter, a second-degree felony; and attempted use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a fourth-degree felony. Her plea averted a trial scheduled to begin this week in a case where her alleged co-defendant is ...

Court again refuses to allow Danny Lee Hill to challenge death sentence

Staff report WARREN — The Warren-based 11th District Court of Appeals issued two rulings this week that again refused to allow death row inmate Danny Lee Hill of Warren to challenge his death sentence on the grounds that he is intellectually disabled. In separate decisions, the court struck down Hill’s “motion to certify a conflict” and his “application for reconsideration” of the 11th District’s Aug. 17 decision that affirmed that Hill is not intellectually disabled, according to a Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office news release. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis ...

Improvements planned for Salt Springs Road in Lordstown

LORDSTOWN — Village council has approved proceeding with improvement work next year on Salt Springs Road. Council approved having the village cooperate with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the resurfacing of a section of Salt Springs Road that will include asphalt concrete resurfacing, pavement planing, partial depth pavement repair, curb ramps, sidewalks and pavement markings. Officials said Ohio Public Works Commission funds of $268,241 will be used to cover project costs, with the village contributing $38,862 of the $307,103 total. Also, Village Engineer Chris ...

Good Trouble Trumbull sets ‘froggy’ rally Saturday morning

Staff report WARREN — Good Trouble Trumbull will host a local Million Frog March: A Joyful Rally 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Courthouse Square in Warren. The rally joins a nationwide and international day of action in solidarity with the Million Frog March at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers describe the rally as an “unfroggetable morning of serious activism with a joyful spirit,” bringing together community members to support democracy, the environment and civic engagement. Frogs have become powerful symbols of peaceful community action and environmental ...

Woman charged with felonious assault, held in contempt for Warren courtroom fight

WARREN — Ryshionna Powell, 18, of Warren, is in the Trumbull County jail, charged with felonious assault, after an incident Monday afternoon in Warren Municipal Court in which she got into a fight with a Lowellville woman in the courtroom and threw a phone at the Lowellville woman’s head, causing a laceration. On Tuesday, Powell was arraigned in the same courtroom where the fight took place by Visiting Judge Terry Ivanchak. Powell pleaded not guilty and her bond was set at $15,000. Ivanchak also was presiding over the court at the time of the fight. Powell is not allowed to post ...