Southington News

Away from the hustle and bustle of the midway is the sweetest smelling and quietest barn at the Trumbull County Fair.

The Southington Township fire department is investigating a blaze that caused thousands of dollars of damage to a township home.

In 2008, 40 percent of motorcycle crashes were alcohol related. That number was 38 percent in 2007 and 50 percent in 2006.

A home in Braceville was consumed by flames around 7am Thursday morning. The fire broke out in the kitchen of a 2-story house in the 700 block of Jewell North Road.

Getting court approval to establish a water district likely will be the easy part, Judge Andrew Logan warned Southington Township trustees on Thursday.

After an overwhelming defeat Tuesday of a 9.9-mill levy request, school officials now must look at ways to shave hundreds of thousands of dollars from the budget.

Voters in Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties should know the issues in their communities.

Two people were killed and six others injured after a two-car collision on S.R. 5 in Charlestown, east of Ravenna, on Monday afternoon.

Two people are dead and several more are injured when two vehicles collided Monday on state Route 5. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred at approximately 2 p.m. when a 1999 Pontiac Montana driven by a 51-year-old Ravenna woman attempted to turn left into the West Branch Trailer Park.

A northeast Ohio car dealer who was part of a scheme to sell an estate once owned by boxer Mike Tyson has been released from prison early in a money laundering conviction.

James Reed Bates, 74, of Southington, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, after a year-long battle with leukemia.

MESOPOTAMIA a ' A township man faces possible criminal charges for an eight-hour standoff at his house on Laird North Road that started with a single-car accident on nearby Donley Road.

West Branch gained a split in its regular-season series against Northeastern Buckeye Conference rival Minerva, rolling 15-4 in a matchup that ended in the last of the sixth inning.

Dianna June Hembree, 64, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren.

ATHLETIC GROUPS a The McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

Alexander M. Freiberg Sr., 70, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at his residence. He was born July 31, 1938, in Footdale, Pa., the son of the late Albert J. and Anna S. Sumego Freiberg.

By this fall, not wearing a seat belt could be enough to warrant a traffic stop.

From a high school senior to an 86-year-old, this year's group of Community Stars is a mix of youthful enthusiasm and steadfast commitment to volunteerism.

An injured horse was rescued from the frigid waters of a Southington, Ohio pond.

A Trumbull County woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison stemming from a February 2008 crash that left an 80-year-old Randolph woman dead.