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Bridge replacement scheduled for state Route 87 in Mesopotamia
A bridge replacement has been scheduled for state Route (SR) 87 in Mesopotamia Township of Trumbull County. Beginning on Wednesday, June 12, SR 87 between SR 534 and Brigden Road will be closed through early July for a bridge replacement. The detour will be SR 534 to SR 88 to...
Trumbull County Auditor explains how mistake on Hubbard property taxes happened
Last week, 21 News reported that Hubbard City and Township residents will have a higher property tax bill than usual in the second half of 2024 due to an error with the auditor's office. Now, Trumbull County Auditor Martha Yoder is explaining exactly what happened and what caused this error.
Woman’s house shot multiple times in a suspected drive-by shooting in Youngstown
A woman reported that her house had been shot multiple times on Sunday. Youngstown police arrived at a house on Monday on Potomac Avenue to investigate a shooting. According to a police report, a woman stated that her house had been shot near midnight the night before. The woman reported...
United Way giving International Tower evacuated residents housing and assistance
In less than 48 hours, over one hundred residents are leaving their apartments at International Towers. Out of the 142 people who need to evacuate, 101 have no found a place to stay. Sixty nonprofit and community leaders met with United Way to help the evacuated residents. So far, United...
Community Concerned Citizens group to host annual Juneteenth celebration
Community Concerned Citizens (CCC) II will be hosting its annual Juneteenth celebration beginning Friday, June 14, at Quinby Park in Warren. Friday celebration events will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday, a parade will be begin at 11 a.m. at Grace AME Church in Warren and make its way to Quinby Park.
International Tower tenants frustrated as they learn of evacuation
International Tower residents are frustrated, some with nowhere to go after they learned they needed to evacuate because of concern the Realty Tower could collapse. Residents say they want answers. "Now that they had a structural engineer firm come in and deem the building unsafe, now it's time to evacuate?...
Warren woman charged after kids heard screaming from locked car at 1 a.m.
A Warren woman has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges filed after police say they found two children locked in a car after midnight. Twenty-five-year-old Parnaiza Brantley of Oak St. SW was arraigned from the Trumbull County Jail after being arrested earlier in the day on two counts of child endangering.
Opening statements to begin Tuesday in trial of Youngstown murder, robbery suspect
Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Tuesday in the trial of the suspect in a murder and robbery that took place in Youngstown back in 2016. Court employees tell 21 News a jury has been selected in the trial of 26-year-old D'Aundre Turner and opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday morning.
Family of man killed in Youngstown bank explosion files wrongful death lawsuit
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (KDKA) -- Less than two weeks after the deadly natural gas explosion in Youngstown, Ohio, the victim's family is suing.Akil Drake, 27, a 2015 Penn Hills graduate, was at work at the bank on the ground floor of the realty building in downtown Youngstown when the explosion happened.His family filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Friday, listing several defendants, including the building owner, the construction company that was working in the basement of the building at the time, and the gas company.The NTSB says a crew cut a gas line that ultimately triggered the explosion that killed Drake. The lawsuit also claims the crew was short by two people, and a supervisor was not on the scene.Drake was hurt and trapped by the explosion. He later died from his injuries.
4 things we learned about the aftermath of the explosion at Youngstown’s Realty Tower
The City of Youngstown released an update on the Realty Tower explosion and what to be cautious of over the next few days. The city contracted Barber & Hoffman as consulting engineers to do a structural assessment of the building. Here are the major takeaways:. What is the ‘hazard zone’...
In ‘Killing Time,’ an attorney confronts her time with John Wayne Gacy
She was a kid, really, the 28-year-old attorney Karen Conti when she came face-to-face with the serial killer John Wayne Gacy and this is what she saw: "His face was ashen, splotchy and bloated. A dimpled chin and several beneath it were wedged against his blue prison-issue shirt. … There was nothing attractive about Gacy and his light blue eyes were somehow flat and lacking in depth or warmth."
Boardman music teacher pleads not guilty to drug possession charges
A Boardman music teacher has pled not guilty to drug possession charges on Monday. Forty-five-year-old Robert Pavalko pled not guilty to charges of aggravated possession of drugs and permitting drug abuse during his arraignment Monday afternoon. His bond was continued at $5,000. Pavalko was arrested following a sex sting back...
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