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Community News July 22, 2026

• COITSVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. today at the township hall for reviewing the policy book and 2026 budget. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the hearing room at the county courthouse. The staff meeting will be at 11 a.m. at the conference room at the administration building. • POLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Dobbins Board Room at the administration building. • LIBERTY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday at the township administration building. • GIRARD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet ...

Weathersfield resident loses home to fire

Local News July 22, 2026

WEATHERSFIELD — Township fire officials are investigating the cause of a Monday house fire in the 2700 block of Anderson Morris Road that left a resident homeless. Fire crews from Weathersfield were called out Monday to the fire in a second floor bedroom and attic area of the 3.5-floor house. Fire Chief Tom Lambert said the owner was in a bedroom when she saw smoke and was able to get out of the house without injury. He said the resident — who told fire officials she had lived at the home since she was a child — was displaced, but is able to stay with relatives. Lambert said ...

No major injuries reported from Valley tornado, storms

Spaced out in Canfield

Local News July 22, 2026

CANFIELD — Approximately 150 young explorers attended a space exploration-themed 4-H Cloverbud Camp on Tuesday at the event center at the Canfield Fairgrounds. The camp continues today. Alex Kennedy, urban 4-H educator, said the camp is aimed at children ages 5 to 8. The age range is where ...

Girard police investigate stabbing at bar

Local News July 22, 2026

GIRARD — City police are investigating a stabbing outside Chesty’s Blue Collar Tavern on South State Street that sent a man to the hospital. A police report states police were called to the bar early Friday for a fight that started inside the bar with two men verbally arguing and the fight continued outside where witnesses told police it became physical and a man was stabbed by another man A shirtless man found on a sidewalk near an alleyway by the bar had multiple stab wounds on his back and arm, the police report states. Other people were giving the victim first aid. The ...