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Latest News September 11, 2026

Bikeway in park to close Mill Creek MetroParks will temporarily block off a section of the MetroParks Bikeway beginning Monday to allow for improvements and resurfacing. The MetroParks Bikeway will be closed from Silica Road to County Line Road as well as access to the bikeway at Ohltown Road and Webb Road for the duration of the project. Park officials said the improvement project will help maintain and enhance the trail for future use and will include milling of the existing asphalt surface, installation of a new asphalt overlay, placement of topsoil along the shoulders, and ...

Patriot Day event remembers 9/11 victims, honors veterans

Local News September 11, 2026

AUSTINTOWN —- The 24th annual Patriot Day ceremony unfolded outside Quaker Steak and Lube in Austintown on Thursday night. The event remembered the victims of 9/11, saluted first responders and honored local military veterans who served from World War II to the present. Eleven veterans ...

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Community News September 11, 2026

• MILL CREEK METROPARKS Finance Citizens Advisory Committee to the Board of Park Commissioners will meet at 3:30 p.m. today in the Education Building Classroom A at the MetroParks Farm, state Route 46, in Canfield.

Hubbard resident refutes data center misinformation

Local News September 10, 2026

HUBBARD — One resident noted city council’s potential to bring in millions of dollars and set their own rules when it comes to data center companies, as part of his comments to city council Tuesday. Council heard from Larry LaCivita, who said his family has lived in Hubbard for 125 years and has done nothing but give back to the community, adding that his grandfather was a school board president who was instrumental in the city getting its swimming pool. LaCivita’s parents, James and Phyllis LaCivita, were the previous owners of the Deer Creek Golf Course, purchasing its six ...

GOP begins 2-day midterm convention heavy on Donald Trump

National News September 10, 2026

DALLAS (AP) — Republicans opened their highly unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that is putting the president at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not. Many party members, including ...