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City church celebrates 100 years at location

YOUNGSTOWN — It was on June 8, 1926, when St. Patrick Church off Oak Hill Avenue on the South Side opened its doors in a new building. On Sunday, to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic building, hundreds of current and past congregation members and former pastors gathered for a ...

TCESC board cuts administrative role

NILES — Because of decreased student enrollment in the carpentry apprenticeship program, the Trumbull County Educational Service Center governing board at its June meeting approved a reduction in force of an administrative position. The board cut an assistant coordinator of the vocational apprenticeship program effective July 31. Fiscal Officer Stacy Foster said the cut will save the center $125,000. Classes included carpentry programs for students offered at the Lordstown school campus. In other action at the June 1 meeting, the board: • Approved a contract with Pennsylvania ...

Talk digs into Valley’s contributions to the Civil War

BROOKFIELD — Many locals may know about Trumbull County’s involvement with the Underground Railroad, but are they aware of the area’s contribution to the Union Army in the Civil War? Meghan Reed, director of the Trumbull County Historical Society, addressed that issue with her talk, ...

Hubbard man identified as fatal crash victim

SOUTHINGTON — A Hubbard man has been identified as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash May 30 on state Route 82 at Warner Road in Brookfield. The Warren post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a news release that William H. Price, 68, of Hubbard, was traveling west on Route 82 on a 2024 Harley-Davidson Street Glide around 1 p.m. when he struck the left side of a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Mary K. Cook, 64, of Brookfield. The report states Cook failed to yield the right-of-way from a stop sign at the intersection, causing Price to hit her Jeep on the driver’s ...

Sheriff: Ignore scammers posing as sheriff’s employees

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene is alerting the public to a telephone scam taking place in the area in which the perpetrators contact people posing as Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office ranking officers. Sometimes they use fake names and other times use the names of actual sheriff’s office employees, according to a sheriff’s office news release. The scammers accuse the resident of not showing up for jury duty, a subpoena or a court order. Then they demand that a fine be paid to the sheriff’s office in cash, bitcoin or gift cards. The callers ...

Protecting protectors

When the life of Trooper Nicholas Cayton of the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was tragically cut short last Oct. 16 when a truck slammed into the back of his cruiser on state Route 11, the weight of loss hit hard. Cayton, 40, a husband and father of two children, was honored ...