McDonald News

A man elected to the McDonald Board of Education was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a car struck a telephone pole Thanksgiving afternoon.

Twenty-one of 24 area school districts are expecting to be operating in the red within five years, according to district forecasts they filed recently with the Ohio Department of Education.

Palmer P. Loro, 86, entered peacefully into eternal rest Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Louis J. Scirocco, 83, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Hospice House. Louis was born Dec.

James Bobovnyk joined the Army and began serving in the Korean War in 1949, when he was 19.

Therea TMs still a lot of uncertainty for many Valley football teams with just one week remaining in the regular season.

COLUMBUS a ' A state lawmaker panel has approved a $2 million-plus loan to a Trumbull County school district placed in fiscal emergency late last week.

WEATHERSFIELD a ' The Trumbull County Engineera TMs Office has closed indefinitely the Olive Street Bridge, a major link between the village of McDonald and the city of Niles, because of ongoing structural issues.

The Olive Street Bridge in Weathersfield township is closed to traffic until further notice.

Three Trumbull County teams are in the top 10 of this week's state football polls.

McDONALD a ' The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society is compiling the churcha TMs first cookbook in 50 years.

Pam Skruck was 14 weeks pregnant when she got the news. Her unborn son, Wesley had some complications.

WARREN a ' A man wanted in connection with a double homicide on Colt Court Sunday morning turned himself in to the U.S. Marshala TMs Service at about 5:15 p.m. today.

A spike in the number of homicides in the city has at least one council member worried.

WARREN a ' Police believe three people who knew each other stood in the parking lot of the Colt Court apartment complex in Southwest Warren at around 3:12 a.m. Sunday, and one of them a ' Michael L. McDonald, 25, of Lener Avenue Southwest a ' was armed with a rifle.

MCDONALD: Nelle Bailey Alderfer, of McDonald, died July 31, 2009 at her residence at the age of 91.

A spike in the number of homicides in the city has at least one council member worried.

Benita Pearson, a former federal prosecutor and current federal magistrate judge, has been recommended for a seat on the U.S. District Court in Youngstown.

The McDonald Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 194 will hold it's annual "Thunder in the Park 2009" car show Sunday.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' The Mahoning County Commissioners have unanimously awarded $1,043,677 worth of contracts for installation of a grit removal and screening system at the sanitary engineera TMs Meander Wastewater Treatment Plant on state Route 46 in Weathersfield to four local companies.