Trumbull County News

Is there a little warm-up in our future? I sure hope so! I know there have been a few days recently that I could sense spring is right around the corner.

Kevin Johns told a jury Wednesday that the two women who accused him of robbery, kidnapping and rape are simply trying to set him up because they think he stole money from them.

Thick billows of smoke rolled from the rear of 2542 Aspinwall Ave. as numerous firefighters swarmed the small home being ravaged by flames Wednesday morning.

Reported the district will make up three calamity days June 2 to 4 after having to use eight calamity days this winter.

Today, IGS CNG Services announced it is breaking ground on its Compressed Natural Gas fueling station in the Greater Youngstown, Ohio area - located in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County.

"We had reliable information that there was suspected methamphetamine being manufactured here, and a subsequent check of it revealed that there in fact was," Newton Falls police Chief Gene Fixler said.

Three East Palestine resident have been arrested and charged with burglarizing after Columbiana County law enforcement officers recognized their pictures posted by Portage County sheriff's officers.

For more than three weeks, Six has been on a desperate search for her son, Timothy Jr., who has been missing since he checked himself out of Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren on Feb. 18. Special to the Tribune Chronicle Timothy Six Jr., 36, of Niles, has been missing since he checked himself out of Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren on Feb.

A recent survey conducted in 17 Ohio counties showed that local elected officials generally see shale activity as a positive economic force, despite its impact on local infrastructure.

A Warren couple is accused of using a 14-year-old boy dressed as a Boy Scout to pull off a 'popcorn scam' last fall.

Rather than finding existing office space somewhere in downtown Warren for Trumbull County's Veterans Services Commission, county commissioners are moving on constructing a new building for the service agency.

HOWLAND SOCIETY HOSTS SPEAKER: The Howland Historical Society will host a program on archeology at 7 p.m. today at the administration building, 205 Niles-Cortland Road, N.E. The program "Ancients and Indians of the Mahoning Valley Area," will be presented by archeology assistant Bill Drolsbaugh.

Attorney Robert Johnson said the Ohio Supreme Court's order suspending his law license is a ''misunderstanding'' and something he hopes can be resolved quickly.

She had been a lifetime Trumbull County resident, and she and her husband had lived in Champion for many years.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has reappointed Mark Alberini, a Democrat, and Kathi Creed, a Republican and chairwoman of the GOP in Trumbull County, to the Trumbull County Board of Elections.

Affected voters will be sent a postcard notice 30 days before the election notifying them of their new polling place.

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."