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City council waits to fund SOBE study

YOUNGSTOWN — City council wants more information about a request from the administration to pay up to $130,000 to find long-term solutions for the troubled utility company that provides steam heat to a majority of downtown before it will agree to fund that study. Council on Wednesday ...

Hubbard mayor gives update on dam project

HUBBARD — Talks regarding the removal of a dam and sediment picked up in recent months and action is getting closer, according to the city’s mayor. During caucus before Monday’s city council meeting, Mayor Ben Kyle said the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments was able to acquire ...

Poland council takes first step on signal box wraps

POLAND — Village Council had a special meeting Tuesday to get the ball rolling on electric traffic control box wraps. The special meeting was only for a presentation and authorization to continue with the project, and no formal action was taken. Council President Michael Thompson told ...

Man grazed by bullet and two men charged in car chase

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was grazed by a bullet to his inner thigh while standing in the driveway of a home on Detroit Avenue on the South Side Tuesday night, and two men were charged with several offenses related to a car chase. In the shooting, two men said they were standing in the driveway ...

Bricks fall off building at corner of West Rayen, North Phelps

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A large section of bricks fell off a building on the corner of West Rayen Avenue and North Phelps Street on the Youngstown State University campus. No one was injured when the bricks fell about five stories to the pavement Wednesday afternoon. The building is ...

Youngstown council approves sewer work for business park

YOUNGSTOWN — Seven weeks after first being asked to approve spending up to $1.95 million on sanitary sewer improvements to a site in the Salt Springs Road Business Park, city council approved the legislation. Council voted 7-0 Wednesday in favor of the request from the Mayor Derrick ...