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Agenda for Oct. 23

LOWELLVILLE VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at city hall on salary increase for the Class 1 wastewater treatment employee, appropriations for the fire station lease payment, salary ordinance on overtime payment and other business.

Boardman apartments damaged by gunfire

BOARDMAN — Police are still investigating after at least two Glenwood Avenue apartments were struck by bullets late Monday night. A Boardman police report, made public Thursday, said police responded to multiple calls about gunfire near 4011 Glenwood Ave. about 10:40 p.m. Monday. They ...

On the record: TCTC

WHAT: Trumbull Career and Technical Center board meeting Oct. 8 The board: * Reported that eight board members have their three-year rotating terms of service ending in December and can be reappointed to a new term by schools boards. Districts with members whose terms are up at the end of the year are Bloomfield-Mespo, Champion, Howland, Joseph Badger, Liberty, Mathews, Niles and Weathersfield. * Accepted the retirement of Brian Foutty, innovative learning specialist, with 32 years of service, effective June 1, 2027. * Approved Lisa Kaschak as an adult electrical and industrial ...

Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay potential California billionaire tax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg made a deal with Meta's board to help him pay a proposed California tax on billionaires without losing his ownership stake in the company he founded, according to regulatory filings published this week. The wealth tax is before California voters in the election that concludes Nov. 3. If passed, the measure would levy a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion. Zuckerberg is the sixth-richest person in the world with a net worth estimated at more than $220 billion, according to Forbes. That would put his ...

5 years of sewer rate hikes proposed

YOUNGSTOWN – A study commissioned by the city administration calls for 14% annual sewer rate increases for the next five years to pay for more than $400 million in federally mandated wastewater improvements. The rate study’s findings, unveiled Thursday, were quickly opposed by council ...

Murder trial delayed due to attorney conflict

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum resolved a new complication Wednesday in the murder case of Eddie Winphrie, 43, and Vincent Marbley, 61, by appointing another new defense attorney and pushing the trial date back. It was scheduled to begin Monday. Krichbaum appointed former Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Mike Yacovone to represent Winphrie after Winphrie’s most recent defense attorney, Rhys Cartwright-Jones, filed a motion recently asking to withdraw after discovering that Cartwright-Jones represented a co-defendant in the case not long ...