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Cardinal Joint Fire District begins new year

CANFIELD — The Cardinal Joint Fire District opened the year’s first meeting by setting the board in place. Sworn in by fire district legal council, attorney David “Chip” Comstock, were township representative and Trustee Marie Cartwright, and city citizen representative Gary ...

Joyce reintroduces bill to protect law enforcement from fentanyl exposure

U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, who represents all of Trumbull County, reintroduced a bill to provide federal funding for state and local governments to purchase containment devices for fentanyl and other lethal substances. The Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 would ...

MVSD searching for leak

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District was working on Connecticut Avenue on the West Side on Monday trying to locate what it thinks is a hole in a large transmission water main running under the street. Tom Holloway, plant operations manager for the MVSD, which provides drinking ...

Mayor hires daughter-in-law

YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor Jamael Tito Brown hired his daughter-in-law for a $51,280-per-year job as the city’s recreational program supervisor — ranked third out of seven candidates for the job. Micaela Brown, the mayor’s daughter-in-law, would have finished sixth out of seven candidates if ...

City eyes licenses for tire shops

YOUNGSTOWN — The city is considering the creation of a business licensing program with shops that take old tires being the first to register. Bob Burke, program coordinator for Green Youngstown, said Monday that about 30% of the 80 tire shops in the city are in compliance with state law for ...

Following fire death, chief urges caution with heaters

YOUNGSTOWN — The cause of the early Sunday house fire on North Maryland Avenue that killed a 5-year-old boy is still under investigation, but fire Chief Barry Finley urged the public to avoid using space heaters as a sole heat source. “From my understanding there was no heat in the ...