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Library official responds to Ciccone claims

YOUNGSTOWN — The county’s public library system has responded to scrutiny from another public official. A letter sent Thursday to the Board of Trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County from embattled Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone accuses the library of failure to report donations and disclose other financial information per Ohio law. The document also was CC’d to library executive staff, Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro, Mahoning County Commissioners Anthony Traficanti, ...

Boardman trustees take transient vendors to task

BOARDMAN — Township trustees moved Monday’s regular meeting to June 4 to accommodate the daytime work schedules of a couple of the board’s members. While the meeting’s agenda presented nothing remarkable, Township Administrator Mark Ragozine said officials did discuss the problem of some workers in Boardman failing to keep respectful schedules. “We had an issue with transient vendors with Brinks Security walking neighborhoods in the township well beyond 8 p.m.,” Ragozine said. “The moment we were made aware, (Planning and Zoning Director) T.J. Keiran, (Assistant Zoning ...

LOOP Youngstown dedicates new arts and culture center

YOUNGSTOWN — A long-held dream for local artists became a reality Sunday as LOOP Youngstown Arts & Culture officially dedicated its new home at 805 Mahoning Ave., creating a permanent space where artists can work, collaborate, teach, perform and share their talents with the ...

No injuries in plane crash at Elser Airport

Staff report NORTH LIMA — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an airplane crash at Youngstown Elser Airport. The crash happened around 12:25 p.m. Saturday. A 2010 Lance Air ES-P had taxied onto the runway and was applying speed in preparation for takeoff when the single-engine aircraft suddenly pulled to the left and taxied off the left side of the runway, striking a metal light box. The plane continued over a taxiway and came to rest in a field. The pilot, Christopher Tornello, 70, of Youngstown, was not injured. There were three other occupants who were also not ...

Attorneys describe video of Warren homicide differently

WARREN — Jurors got a provocative summary of the aggravated murder trial of Ashuad D. Johnson, 19, during Monday’s opening statements from the prosecution and defense, and then got to see surveillance video of the episode to help them sort out the facts for themselves. Johnson was ...

Gas prices slowly dropping at Valley stations

Staff report Motorists nationwide continue to struggle with higher-than-normal gas prices, but the drain on pocketbooks is lessening, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Gas prices are 32 cents lower in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.144 per gallon. A year ago, a gallon of gas cost an average of $3.064. The prices throughout the Valley varied, according to AAA. The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline Monday in Niles was $3.782 per gallon and $4.080 in Youngstown. Along a stretch of Mahoning Avenue, from Warren to Champion, prices ranged Monday ...