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Youngstown man accused of damaging Liberty hotel glass

LIBERTY - A Youngstown man faces charges after being accused of breaking some glass and leaving for a nearby hotel early Wednesday. Alexander Blandon, 42, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damaging or endangering, menacing and obstructing official business in front of Girard Municipal Court Judge Jeffery Adler. According to a police report, officers were called to the Super 8 Motel around 12:30 a.m. for a criminal damaging report, and the employee working the front desk in the lobby said someone threw something at a window, shattering the glass and breaking a door. The employee ...

New elections building to bear former chief’s name

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections' new home will bear the name of a woman who dedicated more than three decades to overseeing elections in the county. The Board of Mahoning County Commissioners on Thursday recognized the late Joyce Kale-Pesta, former elections director and ...

Oct. 17 property transfers

Property transfers recorded in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County Oct. 5 to 9: Austintown Rampage and Angela M. Stevens to Jacob McGuire, 2760 Vollmer Drive, $249,000 Green Leaf Landscape Supply Inc. to Terrence J. and Suzanne M. Shidel, 1430 S. Canfield Niles Road, $400,000 3LP Properties LLC to Nathan Cene, 4258 State Drive, $250,000 Krista N. Marshall, NKA Krista N., and Daniel J. Spiker to Miamee D. Buccella, 4320 Wedgewood Drive, $223,000 Sara Tuchek to Michelle R. DeNiro, 610 Notre Dame Ave., $189,900 Stephanie Renee Foley and Cheryl Laithwaite, co-executors, ...

Girard to proceed with ARP funds for Wellman Theater

GIRARD - Wanting to make sure they use the remaining nearly $70,000 in American Rescue Plan funds before the end of the year, council approved having Engineer Zach Teter proceed with work at the Wellman Theater on West Liberty Street. Teter said at Tuesday's council meeting the $70,000 is what remains of the ARP funds the city received. All ARP funds must be used by the end of the year or must be returned to the federal government, which granted the money to the state during the pandemic. The state disbursed the funds to counties, who then disbursed funds to their local communities. ...

Lawsuits filed for nondisclosure of possible long-term health effects from derailment

LISBON — A Cleveland law firm filed 10 additional lawsuits recently on behalf of area residents against their attorneys, a doctor and others they say failed to disclose the possible long-term health impacts from the 2023 East Palestine train derailment. The latest lawsuits were filed Friday afternoon in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court by an attorney with Winter Trimacco Co., with many of the same claims of a similar lawsuit filed last month. The causes of action outlined in the lawsuit included legal malpractice, claiming the attorneys acted for their own benefit, breach of ...

Weathersfield approves policy for absent trustees to approve meeting minutes

WEATHERSFIELD- Township trustees have adopted a resolution that establishes procedures for the review and approval of meeting minutes, including allowing a trustee who was absent from a meeting to still approve and sign the minutes. Township Administrator David Rouan said a trustee who was absent at a meeting asked if he still able to approve them in accordance with Ohio law and Ohio attorney general opinion. Rouan said the Ohio attorney general ruled that a board of trustees may establish the procedure for approving meeting minutes. The board of trustees also can establish the rules ...