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Ultium layoffs strain village

LORDSTOWN — Village Solicitor William Blank informed officials Monday that income tax collections are down $1.76 million this year compared to the same time last year. Blank said the amount covers the first five months of the year. He said contributing to the decrease are the layoffs at ...

Vindicator reporter wins 1st Amendment Award

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Press Club will honor three outstanding local communications professionals at this year’s Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner. David Skolnick, politics writer for The Vindicator for the past 26 years, will receive the club’s First Amendment Award for his ...

Lordstown extends data center moratorium

LORDSTOWN — With the current 180-day moratorium on data centers expiring on Independence Day, village council on Monday approved by emergency reading extending that moratorium for another 180 days, effective July 5. Village council on Monday had a public hearing on the extension, with few ...

Trumbull auditor seeks $1.2M refund from general fund

WARREN — Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder is seeking to recover $1,192,359 that her office’s real estate assessment fund paid to half of the employees working in the county’s tax map program since 2019. Yoder, during the commissioners’ weekly workshop, sought to get clarification ...

New tax break considered in Trumbull County

WARREN — Two county commissioners are pushing to place on next week’s agenda a resolution to provide a 2.5% tax credit to owner-occupant homeowners to provide tax relief. “There is a concern from the residents, school superintendents and trustees,” Commissioner Rick Hernandez said. ...

Girard man found passed out with handgun

LIBERTY — A Girard man was scheduled to appear in Girard Municipal Court on Tuesday following his weekend arrest after police allegedly found him passed out in a running vehicle with a handgun. Carl Kaplin, 66, faces charges of physical control of a vehicle while under the influence and ...