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Liberty board OKs five-year forecast

Local News September 2, 2026

LIBERTY — The Liberty Board of Education learned that the district’s state funding will remain “pretty consistent” unless one or two variables change over the next few years, Treasurer Amber Shaeffer said. The board approved the district’s five-year forecast, a document given to board members ahead of time, at last week’s meeting. According to the financial summary portion of the forecast, expenditures are expected to exceed revenue, resulting in a shortfall in the final year of the forecast period. The district’s average annual revenue growth, which stood at 0.52% ...

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Researchers catch sharks off New York’s Hamptons, attach trackers to predators

National News September 2, 2026

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of the boat and hold it steady as they take tissue samples and work to attach small data collection devices. Metzger marvels as the shark’s thick, rugged skin snaps a surgical-grade scalpel. “It’s no surprise that they’ve been around since prehistoric times and they’re still going strong,” ...

Trumbull prosecutor’s office wants removed from county budget commission

Local News September 2, 2026

WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to consider placing one of its members on the Trumbull County Budget Commission to replace a representative of the prosecutor’s office at the request of Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. Watkins is seeking to remove his office as a voting member of the budget commission because his office represents county agencies that sometimes may be in conflict with decisions of the budget commission. As currently constructed, voting members of the budget commission include a representative from the auditor’s office, the treasurer’s office and ...

Postal Service scrambles to handle ballot restrictions

Agenda

Community News September 2, 2026

• YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION business committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at 20 W. Wood St. • MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Ohio State University Extension, 306 S. Broad St., Canfield. There is no staff meeting this week. • WEATHERSFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES have canceled their meeting for Thursday.