WARREN — It was hard to tell what was on the mind of Justin Mayfield, 37, of Warren, as he stood before Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Rice Monday and pleaded guilty to seven counts of child rape and one count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles because he did not ...

Staff report Two Mahoning Valley road projects — one in Vienna and the other in Ellsworth — are each getting $3.2 million in state funding for safety improvement work. One project includes restricted crossing U-turn, called RCUT, and interchange improvements to state Route 82 in Vienna ...

LIBERTY — The township’s internet presence could look a bit different in the coming months, thanks to money from a state grant program. At Monday’s regular meeting, trustees accepted a $28,000 Fiscal Year 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant and authorized Fiscal Officer Matthew ...

State Rep. David Thomas, a Republican from Jefferson who represents portions of Trumbull County, introduced legislation that he says will modernize and strengthen the state’s tax appeals system. The bill, Thomas said, would deliver clearer timelines, increase transparency and fairer ...

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Triyounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and ...

BOARDMAN — It may have been cold and snowy with an uninvited, unwelcome biting wind but, despite those conditions, a few dozen people undoubtedly felt the warmth of the occasion. “Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, and the Orthodox Church blesses the water and blesses homes with it,” ...