Brookfield News

Virginia Louise DuChene, 92, passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at O'Brien Memorial Health Care, Brookfield.

Janet A. Zoccole, 78, passed away unexpectedly at 9:49 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Butler Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack while taking her husband to the VA Hospital in Butler.

Now that Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment which will put casinos in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo, officials in Brookfield are waiting to see what the local effect of Issue 3 will be.

It's been an eventful four years for the Brookfield Local School District and its board.

Brookfield Local School District introduced a five-year forecast of its finances at a school board meeting on Wednesday.

Here are 2009 official trick-or-treat hours by town along with special events scheduled by businesses.

A federal judge on Monday indefinitely delayed the scheduled Dec. 8 execution of 51-year-old Kenneth Biros, formerly of Brookfield, who was convicted of the 1991 murder and attempted rape of Tami Engstrom of Masury.

"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards." So wrote Mark Twain a century ago - without visiting Brookfield.

Information contained in a search warrant unsealed Monday confirms that a carload of Brookfield teens had ball bats and tire irons when they showed up Aug.

Owners of historic buildings surrounding the Brookfield Township Green will be getting some assistance with restoring their properties.

Candidates for Brookfield trustees : Wade Foltz AGE: 60 OCCUPATION: Self-employed real estate broker and appraiser PREVIOUS ELECTED POSTS: None MAIN PRIORITIES: Expand infrastructure and promote strengths of community and public services.

Brookfield Local School District officials say they support a proposal by Ohio Gov.

Despite it's bankruptcy, Forum Health has managed to grow, expanding its services in Trumbull County.

WARREN a ' A former Brookfield assistant middle school track coach pleaded innocent to sex charges involving a minor girl and was released on $10,000 bond.

A former Brookfield track coach was arraigned in Trumbull county court Tuesday morning on sex charges.

WARREN a ' Damion C. Wise, 30, of Everett East Road, Brookfield Township, pleaded innocent Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to the eight new charges handed up against him by a county grand jury on Friday.

Brookfield Local School District started its school year with a new superintendent at the helm, but the elementary school also had a change of leadership.

It was harvest time for law enforcement in Trumbull County Friday. Drug agents used a helicopter from the immigration service to spot marijuana growing in Hartford and Brookfield Townships.

Little Squaw Creek sanitary sewer improvements project, phase three - Install about 6,600 feet of sewers along state Route 193 from Smith Stewart Road to near Squaw Creek County Club; - Springwood Trace sanitary sewer improvement project - Provide sewer for about 24 homes in a residential development of Howland Springs Road; - 2010 road improvement ...

A birthday party took place Thursday afternoon at Trumbull County Children Services for the Brookfield boy, who police say was abused by his step-father. Neighbors donated gifts, and even Congressman Tim Ryan sent a cookie basket.