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Canfield schools could see reductions from state budget

CANFIELD — Boards of education are looking at a reduction in funding from the state budget over the next two years, and Superintendent Joe Knoll gave a presentation Tuesday on how Canfield will be affected. “Canfield is at the state minimum 10% share,” he said. “The amount per student ...

Youngstown man charged with violating protection order

BOARDMAN — A man accused of violating a restraining order was arrested Tuesday after police said he was “casing” the parking lot at Walmart on Belmont Avenue in Liberty. Edward Demon McLane, 38, of Youngstown, is due in Mahoning County Boardman Court today to face two felony counts of ...

On the record

Weathersfield WHAT: Township trustees meeting Tuesday PRESENT: Steve Gerberry, Rich Harkins and Ed Whittaker Trustees: • Approved Ryan Zagotti of Canfield as a part-time police officer effective Feb. 28. • Accepted the retirement resignation of Lynda Briach, administrative ...

Masury man guilty of child sex charge

Staff report WARREN — A Masury man caught by a citizen “predator catchers” group pleaded guilty to child sex charges Wednesday. Jonathan B. Bellow, 45, of North Stateline Road, pleaded guilty in the courtroom of Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Sean O’Brien to a fourth-degree ...

State official argues against new trial for convicted killer of Rowan Sweeney

YOUNGSTOWN — An assistant Ohio attorney general filed a response Wednesday to the appeal filed by Brandon Crump Jr., 22, of his convictions and sentence in the 2020 killing of 4-year-old Rowan Sweeney and the shootings of four adults in Struthers. Assistant Attorney General Drew Wood ...

Meet and greet

Staff photo / Andy Gray Anthony Tabak of Austintown, a senior at Ursuline High School, left, talks with musician, producer, actor and activist Stevie Van Zandt following a talk to a small group of students on Tuesday before his Youngstown State University Centofanti Symposium talk in the main ...