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Youngstown board to pay $652K bill for sewer line repairs

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control will pay a $651,976 bill today for the emergency replacement of melted sewer lines on Wick Avenue, with the city considering a lawsuit against SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which it blames for the damage. Among the more than 250 items the board ...

Witness says he talked to murder victim on the evening he was killed

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YOUNGSTOWN — On the second day of testimony in the murder trial of Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 23, Joe Poole, the uncle of the victim, Rasean Graham, 42, testified about the phone call he had the evening Graham was killed on Jan. 24, 2025. Poole, of Youngstown, said one of the ...

Man gets 16 to 21.5 years for rape, other offenses

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YOUNGSTOWN — Kyle D. Wilkinson, 31, of Boardman, pleaded guilty to one count of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition and one count of misdemeanor public indecency and got 16 to 21 1/2 years in prison Wednesday. Wilkinson was indicted on a rape count that could have resulted in a life ...

Portion of Niles River Road will be vacated for Kimberly-Clark

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WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners on Wednesday approved vacating approximately 5,580 feet — slightly more than 1 mile — of Niles River Road, also known as Pine Avenue Extension, for the future Kimberly-Clark facility. The section of road is between Burton Street to the north and ...

Trumbull County evacuates buildings because of noxious smell

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WARREN — Public buildings around Courthouse Square were closed and evacuated Wednesday afternoon as a result of a noxious smell coming from city sewers that made some people sick, according to Trumbull County Commissioner Denny Malloy. “People started complaining about a smell about 2 ...

Murder trial for two men opens in Youngstown

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YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Kyle Hilles told jurors Tuesday that the case against Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 23, was built upon a dispute between Carter and the man he allegedly killed Jan. 24, 2025, Resean Graham, 42, over a home on Griselda Avenue on the ...