Girard News

GIRARD a ' The Girard Historical Society will sponsor Christmas at the Barnhisel House at 1011 N. State St., on Saturday and Sunday, on Dec.

GIRARD a ' The Kiwanis Club of Western Mahoning County and the Kiwanis Club of Youngstown will deliver 75 Thanksgiving food baskets to area residents today.

The vice president of strategic development for the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority has been chosen by the Western Reserve Port Authority to be its champion of economic development in Trumbull and Mahoning counties.

The Girard Indians saw their undefeated season come to an end with a 34-20 loss to Woodridge Saturday night at Uniontown Blue Streak Stadium.

One person was sent to the hospital Friday after a rollover accident in Girard. Girard police said the car flipped over and hit a light pole near the Gypsy Lane exit on the 711 connector.

Two children and an organization that helps young cancer victims have been chosen as the beneficiaries of the 19th annual Fred Perry motorcycle run, which was in August.

Their employers usually pay their Medicare taxes and all their retirement contributions.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' City police are investigating a one-car accident that took the life of a city man early this morning.

Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams tells 21 News that his meeting in France with four top executives at V-and-M Star Steel went very well.

The highway patrol is investigating the incident in which a Salem police cruiser was struck by a Norfolk Southern train at the South Ellsworth Avenue railroad crossing early Sunday morning.

A man from the 600 block of North Ellsworth Avenue reported at 10:48 a.m. Saturday that someone stole his son's blue Mongoose bicycle within the past week.

November third is rapidly approaching. The state of Ohio has three issues up for vote.Two of which are no brainers in this writers opinion and the last, well, ill-conceived. To read the wording of these issues click here.

OVI, BROADVIEW ROAD: A white cargo van heading north on Broadview at 10:35 p.m. Sunday caught the attention of an officer because it was driving 51 mph in the 35 zone.

WARREN a ' Police on Monday seized marijuana at a Harvard Drive apartment and made drug trafficking arrests.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' The deal is done. Youngstowna TMs Controlling Board voted today to approve an agreement that clears the way for V&M Star Steel to expand its Youngstowna TMs operations.

Early Thursday, Girard Fire Department received a call from post office employees who said they saw and smelled smoke in the area.

The local economy has reaped the benefits of federal stimulus money. Funds have covered the cost of repaving Interstate 680 and South Avenue, helped purchase buses for WRTA, and helped lure a new call center to Youngstown that's creating 500 jobs.

Elected and community officials are calling this one of the most important days in the Mahoning Valley.

GIRARD a ' The Girard High School Robotics Team will have a rummage sale to help fund the group.

Another step has been taken in the effort to get V&M Star Steel to bring a nearly one billion dollar expansion project to the Valley.