Trumbull County News

Ernest Cook III tries to stay ahead of the game and he readily admits it's a never-ending struggle to keep up with the technological advancements in the world of police communications.

Whether it is a drilling rig alongside Interstate 70, the large Oil & Gas Safety Supply store on National Road or the convoy of sand trucks on many secondary roads, those driving through Belmont County are sure to notice an impact from the Utica Shale boom.

A substitute gym teacher accused of assaulting a student at the Willard K-8 school earlier this week turned himself in to city police on Friday.

Halcon Resources CEO Floyd Wilson said results "haven't been too wonderful in the far north part of the play."

The state investigation into whether a city police officer acted criminally has been handed over to the Trumbull County prosecutor's office.

Lt. Peter Lucic credits the deputy sheriff he met when he was 15 years old with steering him toward his own career in law enforcement.

Whether it's learning a foreign language, studying forensic science materials or practicing tae kwon do, students in grades second to sixth are getting the opportunity to enrich their minds as part of the Saturday Enrichment program.

Even though we are still feeling the chill of our northeast Ohio winter weather, it is time to think spring.

Usually I agree with the Tribune Chronicle's insights, but not with the editorial "Warren hurt by government property grab" published Feb. 21, 2014.

The United Way of Trumbull County exceeded its 2013 campaign goal of $845,000. The announcement was made Wednesday in front of the Trumbull County YMCA, where the campaign thermometer has been located and colored in red as it level of donations was reached.

TRAIN FLEA MARKET: The Youngstown Model Railroad Association will hold a toy train and model railroad flea market from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at McMenamy's Banquet Hall, 325 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles.

WARREN Matt Kleese, a fourth-generation oil and gas industry businessman, learned from his grandfather years ago that everything comes around twice.

Transporting veterans to programs and services has been made possible with a new van obtained by the United Methodist Community Center.

Critics of Sunshine of Warren Trumbull Area Inc. expressed relief that Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's charitable law division took up their calls for an investigation of the nonprofit organization's operations.

Halcon Resources CEO Floyd Wilson said results "haven't been too wonderful in the far north part of the play."

The Military Veterans Resource Center will host its Veterans Career Assistance Program for veterans looking to jump start their post-service careers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Trumbull County commissioners' office in Warren.

The 28th annual Trumbull County Women's History celebration will be held at noon on March 22 at Packard Music Hall in Warren.

He said the company currently has a well flowing back and a well resting, and it is waiting on results from these two wells.

The great winter storm of the first weekend in March went out with a whimper, at least for residents of Trumbull and Mahoning counties.

RAPTORS TO BE SHOWCASED: Liberty Bible Church, 2111 Sodom Hutchings Road, Vienna, will have a live birds of prey display at 6:30 p.m. Friday with guests Howard and Jason Caldwell, who are both preachers and hunters.