Trumbull County News

Work for builders in a five county region that includes Trumbull and Mahoning counties was significantly down in 2013, according to the Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

Six road and three bridge projects make up Trumbull County's 2014 road and bridge improvement program that county commissioners approved Wednesday.

Gladys Evelyn Trosper, 86, died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, at Rockynol Retirement Community with her family by her side.

RAILROADS TO BE SHOWCASED: The Youngstown Model Railroad Association will hold an open house from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at their club location, 751 N. Four Mile Run Road, Youngstown.

An aluminum extrusion manufacturer considering a $92 million local plant said the state's decision Monday to grant it an Ohio tax credit has brought the company one step closer to Lordstown.

She had served on the board at Lake Vista, PEO, and volunteered for the Trumbull County Chapter of American Red Cross.

If nothing else, do not fall off the boat. It is easy to imagine that this was the unspoken first rule for the Pilgrims traveling to America on the Mayflower in 1620.

UPTON HOUSE HOLIDAY DISPLAY: The historic Harriet Taylor Upton House, 380 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren, will hold an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

This took place in Judge McKay's courtroom this morning, Nov. 27, 2013. A defendant had pleaded guilty to three class 5 felonies of trafficking in heroin.

HUBBARD HOLDS PARADE: The Hubbard Community Christmas parade will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Hubbard with lineup taking place.

The historical landmark known as the Barnhisel House has been background scenery for Sue Williams for much of her life.

WARREN Sales tax revenue is stagnant. Casino tax revenues aren't as high as officials hoped and thought.

Accused of sexually abusing five of his own six children and convicted by a jury of raping four of them, John Whisonant will try again to convince authorities at a parole hearing to release him from prison after serving more than 28 years.

HOLIDAY TRAIN DISPLAY: The North Bloomfield Historical Society is having a holiday display of "Trains in the Town Hall" at the township center.

Accumulations of 3 t0 8 additional inches of lake effect snow are possible through 4 a.m. Thursday in much of Trumbull County.

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Insisting he wasn't a brutal, vicious monster like the media portrayed him after murdering his parents, Louis Mann was sentenced Tuesday to two life sentences without any chance of parole.

WARREN A new trial date has been set for a man accused in the 2012 shooting death of a man as he was tied up in a home on the city's southwest side.

LORDSTOWN HOLDS TREE LIGHTING: Lordstown village will hold a tree-lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the township park by the fire station off Salt Springs Road.

When he heard the two-time convicted murderer had been paroled and then committed at least a dozen parole violations in a five-month period as a free man, Trumbull County's prosecutor was convinced of John Lysikowski's "explosive personality."