YOUNGSTOWN — A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has further crippled the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while moving it a significant step closer to being on life support, a longtime area religious leader said. “Here we are, 61 years later, watching the clock being methodically turned ...
YOUNGSTOWN — With SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is responsible for providing steam heat for a majority of downtown Youngstown “in the midst of a financial crisis,” city council will consider legislation Wednesday to pay up to $130,000 to a law firm to determine the long-term viability of the company. Mayor Derrick McDowell said at Monday’s council public utilities committee meeting that the work to be done by Roetzel & Andress needs to start right away. With John C. Collins, SOBE’s receiver, writing in a court document last Wednesday that “the company is in the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Residents of Dogwood Lane in the southwest area of the city reported seeing gunfire coming from two cars in front of a home early Saturday. The cars were a white Dodge Durango and a white Chevrolet Malibu, the report states. Officers were dispatched to the location at 3:40 a.m. The resident of the home reported being inside the house when he or she heard multiple gunshots and went outside to see his or her car parked in front of the house with its back window shot out and a bullet hole in the front windshield. Youngstown police officers checked the area and did not find ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A 9:53 p.m. fight May 26 at Geno’s Drive-Thru on Midlothian Boulevard was captured on store surveillance that has been viewed more than 1,000 times on Facebook. A Youngstown police report released Monday states that an officer was sent to the business for a large fight. The ...
GIRARD — For the first time in history, Girard city school officials have approved a shared services agreement with neighboring Liberty schools to share a bus mechanic. The Girard Board of Education met in special session Monday to give its approval with members saying that the Liberty board also is scheduled to meet this week and give their approval for the agreement. Girard has a chief bus mechanic/bus driver position at $35 per hour for an annual salary of $72,800, which will be split evenly between the two districts. Officials said Liberty was in need of a bus mechanic and ...
HUBBARD — City officials moved forward with action to quell residents’ concerns about a potential data center, placing a suspension on any action that would allow one to enter the community. Officials at Monday’s regular council meeting approved a 12-month moratorium on the construction, placement or operation of a data center within the city, and declared an emergency. Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, who requested that Law Director Mark Villano draw up the necessary legislation for it at a May 18 meeting, said officials normally do three readings on most matters to ...
