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The Vindicator seeking breast cancer survivors

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The Vindicator plans to honor breast cancer survivors during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The idea is to put a human face on this disease, to help those diagnosed by hearing voices of those who have experienced the journey, and to spotlight therapies and support that helped. We also will honor the memories of those who lost their battle. To share your story, or to honor someone and tell how they inspired you during their struggles and triumph with breast cancer, send a brief description to Metro Editor Marly Reichert at mreichert@tribtoday.com or by mail to 240 Franklin ...

On the record | Struthers City Council meeting

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Struthers WHAT: City council meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Michael Patrick, Bob Deagan, Richard Bayus, Dallas Bigley, Lori Gomon, Megan Pingley, James Baluck, Megan Shorthouse and Mayor Catherine Cercone Miller ABSENT: Robert Burnside Council: ● Approved an ordinance redefining the boundaries of city council Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4. ● Heard the mayor’s report detailing upcoming events in Struthers. ● Was informed the last Struthers Farmers Market of the season is Sunday. ● A bedding drive hosted by Brandy Eisenbraun and Councilwoman Megan Pingley is scheduled Oct. 10. ...

Apple honors Trumbull Career Center as distinguished

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CHAMPION — Trumbull County Career and Technical Center leaders noted that the school’s recognition as an Apple Distinguished School wasn’t about the brand of technology being used, but students’ ability to utilize it in ways that broaden their horizons and opportunities. TCTC officials announced recently it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for the 2026-29 program term. It is the school’s fourth time being recognized as such a school, according to Innovative Learning Specialist Brian Foutty. Foutty said about 2,300 schools in the country are recognized ...

18 officers graduate from crisis training on mental health

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BOARDMAN — Township police officer Luke Greguolo wasn’t sure what he was dealing with when he met a man who said he was seeing people who wanted to kill him. Fresh out of the academy and sworn in as an officer only in August, Greguolo remembers responding to the odd encounter with his ...

Boardman man, 60, will run 62-mile race

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By AMANDA C. DAVIS Correspondent BOARDMAN — Dan Gallagher was in his 50s, 40 pounds heavier and not in top form when he decided to run the Nashville marathon in 2018 with family members. Thousands of miles later, Gallagher, 60, says he caught the running “bug” and is in better ...

WRTA gets $1.76M grant for Belmont Avenue bus route work

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Western Reserve Transit Authority is receiving a $1.76 million grant to make improvements along its Belmont Avenue bus route, which runs from the downtown Federal Station to the Churchill Giant Eagle in Liberty. The funding is coming from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Ohio Workforce Partnership Program, which uses federal dollars to support public workforce transportation projects. As a condition of the grant, WRTA is providing $440,000 — a 20% match — for the work, which brings the project’s total to $2.2 million. ODOT announced $13.5 million ...