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ODOT money not an option for possible gas holiday

Republicans in the state Legislature abandoned plans to use Ohio Department of Transportation’s nonexistent cash reserves for a proposed 90-day gas holiday and instead will try to pass a bill with money from the general revenue fund paying for it. The change is the result of ODOT’s largest fund, for highway operating, not having money to cover the cost, which increased from an estimated $678 million to $726 million in just five days to cover the loss from the proposed 90-day state gas tax suspension plan. Identical bills, with the changes, were introduced Monday by Republicans in ...

Nationwide moratorium pitched for data centers

PARKER-SBURG, W.Va. — The Democratic challenger for one of West Virginia’s congressional seats pitched legislation Friday to place a two-year moratorium on new, large data centers and to give local communities a say in whether they’re built. Ace Parsi, a Morgantown community ...

Poland Army, reserve vet ventured in many careers

Dave Long AGE: 74 RESIDENCE: Poland SERVICE BRANCH: U.S. Army MILITARY HONORS: The Cincinnatus Award from YSU; Meritorious Service Medal; 3 Army Commendation Medals; 2 Army Achievement Medals; 4 Army Reserve Components Achievement Medals; among others. OCCUPATION: Has worked in ...

Ohio’s electric infrastructure to get $273M upgrade

Ohio’s existing high-voltage electric infrastructure will be updated through $273 million in funding. The U.S. Department of Energy is providing $136 million through its Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Upgrades (SPARK) initiative while Ohio’s utility companies are paying $137 million for the improvement work. The funding will upgrade existing power lines in the state. Gov. Mike DeWine said: “Upgrading existing infrastructure makes sense and this grant opportunity allows us to do that. Ohio, like much of the country, is ...

Hubbard police charge two in separate cases involving minors

HUBBARD — The city police department has charged two men with the same crime in separate incidents involving minors. Hubbard police Detective Sgt. Michael Banic said members of a civilian group contacted the police department Thursday to report that Joseph Trader, 34, engaged in communications of a sexual nature with a person he believed to be a minor. Banic said that after reviewing the evidence obtained during the investigation, Trader was charged with importuning, a fifth-degree felony; attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony; and attempted ...

Landlord arrested in dispute with resident

YOUNGSTOWN — A local landlord was arrested after police said he threatened a woman over a residency dispute. Online court records show that Michael K. Clark, 46, was arraigned Monday before Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Carla Baldwin, charged with one count of menacing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor. He pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial Oct. 26. A Youngstown police report states the officers caught Clark on police body camera Sunday, threatening a woman who lives in a house he owns. The report states that police responded to the Hudson Avenue home twice that day, with ...