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Poland Village Council gets events updates

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POLAND — Mary Tursky and Kurt Hildebrand, co-chairs of the America250 Committee, gave an update at this week’s Village Council meeting on the Poland Historical Society soiree set for Oct. 10. “We already sold 60 of the planned 300 tickets for the event,” Hildebrand said. “Of course, we can size that number up or down as needed.” Tursky said Edison Lighting will handle lighting of the grounds, a string quartet will play and set the atmosphere and the band Guys Without Ties will perform as guests “dance under the stars.” “Inside Village Hall, we will have a mini ...

Ribbon cut on $11.4M expansion at MCCTC

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CANFIELD — Officials have cut the ribbon on the new $11.4 million LEAD Center at the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center. LEAD stands for Leadership, Employment, Advancement and Discovery. The new 40,000-square-foot center significantly expands MCCTC’s career-technical education ...

YSU provost promotes collaboration as semester commences

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YOUNGSTOWN — Higher education is facing a slew of unknowns and challenges, but through it all, Youngstown State University continues to rely heavily on a collaborative spirit to rise to whatever challenges may come its way, an official says. “It shows how deep trust and accountability run — happy faculty leads to happy students,” Jennifer Adams, YSU’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, said. That was among the primary themes on which Adams spoke while delivering the university’s annual State of Academic Affairs presentation Thursday morning in the Williamson ...

Austintown Senior Center expands health services

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AUSTINTOWN — Many senior citizens in the township can now rely on the Austintown Senior Center for a little extra help staying healthy. On Thursday, the center cut the ribbon on its new Telehealth, Health and Wellness Room. The converted office space provides technology for telehealth ...

Airplane pilot killed in collision with Pa. police helicopter near runway

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An airplane pilot died Wednesday after a collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway and veered into the helicopter that was near the ground, Lt. Col. George Bivens, the state’s acting police commissioner, said during a news conference. The FAA and NTSB called it a midair collision but state police didn’t clarify if the plane was off the ground. “When I say it was a very violent crash, that plane was cut into a lot of ...