LIBERTY — A Youngstown woman is set to appear back in court next month after being accused of using her position to steal from two of the school’s extracurricular booster programs. Christina Merrick, 48, pleaded not guilty to a charge of misuse of a credit card in front of Girard ...
SALEM — Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, who is from the Republic of India, will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland for his role in a three-person scheme that stole millions of dollars from older adults across the United States, including a 77-year-old Salem man. Prosecutors are recommending that he get about eight to 10 years in prison. They say he was the person who directed the scheme. One of his co-conspirators, Trusha Chaudhary, who is not related to Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, will be sentenced for her role in the scheme at 3 p.m. today. ...
TOWN HALL SET: The Mahoning Valley People’s Action Alliance is hosting a town hall with the topic “The Needs of Working Class Americans” at 2 p.m. Friday at the Local UAW 1112 Union Hall, 11471 Reuther Drive, Lordstown. One of the items that will be discussed is Social Security and affordability for seniors. Aug. 14 is the anniversary of the founding of the Social Security Administration. The event is free and doors will open at 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by Alliance for Retired Americans, SOAR, Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans Education Fund and the Mahoning Valley ...
YOUNGSTOWN —- Youngstown police said two people in a sport utility vehicle and others on the WRTA bus were taken to the hospital after a crash at Gibson Street and Cameron Avenue shortly after noon Tuesday. Four passengers and a driver were on board the bus. Police said everyone in both ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Even though one program under Choffin Career & Technical Center’s adult-education umbrella has been temporarily sidelined, the vocational and technical school is continuing to grow, an official contended. “The dental program at Choffin has been paused until 2027-28,” Sherry Cross, the adult-education director, said during the regular Youngstown Board of Education meeting Tuesday at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School. “We just did not have the people coming to this program this particular year.” It’s important for that program to attract at least ...
MCDONALD — A Portage County man has filed a lawsuit against the McDonald Local School District Board of Education, claiming the board violated the state’s Sunshine Laws with how it conducts its meetings. The complaint by Brian Ames, filed Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, claims that the board conducted executive sessions for unapproved purposes in meetings between Jan. 27, 2025, and Feb. 18, 2026, and that the matter stated as the session’s purpose was not specifically approved by Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G). That particular portion of ORC 121.22, which sets what ...
