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Canfield school board seeking 5.9-mill new tax levy for operations

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CANFIELD — The Canfield Board of Education met in special session Tuesday to take the first steps toward placing a 5.9-mill additional operations levy on the November ballot. “This is a 5.9-mill current expense levy to appear on the November ballot this year,” said Board President Steve DeMaiolo. “This is the first of two votes needed.” Canfield Local School District Treasurer Ben Marko said the first vote only contains the millage. Once approved, it allows the district to forward the levy request to the Mahoning County auditor, who will verify the amount it will bring ...

Book that Tupac Shakur murder suspect wrote is clear for use in the trial, judge rules

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A book co-written by the man who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur can be used in trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. The defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis tried to bar the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” from being used in trial, which is scheduled to begin Aug. 10, as well as statements Davis had made to police in 2008 and 2009. Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the drive-by shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas. Shakur was ...

Opioid funds expected to be for recovery programs

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WARREN — Commissioners are expected to vote on using $200,000 in opioid funding it is receiving from various state and federal lawsuits to pay for recovery programs now being provided in the jail. These programs are being funded by the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board. The board is looking to reinvest that money into its programs. Currently, the recovery board receives $150,000 of its funding from Judge Thomas Campbell’s court and another $50,000 from the county’s opioid funds. When questioned what would happen next year and in the future, they were told the ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 1

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‘Dangerous’ conditions forecast DETROIT — It’s a hot one for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states. Intense heat and humidity are baking the regions with no immediate relief. The National Weather Service says conditions are “dangerous.” The heat index is exceeding 100 degrees in some areas. The heat index is how hot it feels when air temperature and humidity are combined. In suburban Detroit, George Liller says it took only 15 minutes for someone to claim his free window air conditioner. The misery will shift later this week to the eastern ...

On the record: Campbell

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WHAT: Board of education special meeting Thursday PRESENT: Gary Bednarik, Beth Donofrio, Judy Gozur, Tony Kelly and Tina Tsagaris The board: • Approved financial reports, payment of bills, and then and now certificates as presented in the Treasurer’s Report. • Approved the amended Certificate of Estimated Resources for the 2025-26 fiscal year. • Approved the amended appropriations measure certificate for the 2025-26 fiscal year. • Approved a purchase from Protech Electrical Contracting of cabling/installation hardware and a VOIP phone. • Approved system ...

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• MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a board meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the hearing room at the county courthouse basement and a staff meeting at 11 a.m. in the conference room at the administration building. • STRUTHERS CITY COUNCIL will have a special meeting at 8:45 a.m. Friday at the municipal building to advertise for bids for the paving of certain streets.