McDonald News

Water rates could be going up for communities who get their water from Meander Water, formerly known as the MVSD.

Water may be getting a little more expensive over the next three years if a Meander Water rate change is approved.

Girard Mayor James Melfi thinks his city deserves to know why the effort among communities dotting the Mahoning River to win a $32.4 million federal grant for neighborhood revitalization failed.

Community Development Director Michael Keys said the rejection of a multi-jurisdictional grant for $32.4 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds will not deter him from working on other collaborative projects.

The following 26 houses are included in Warren's fourth round of demolitions using Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds.

Thomas J. Caldrone, 90, died at 9:40 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at Hospice of The Valley Hospice House in Poland.

MARION - A man accused of wrecking a car while driving drunk, inflicting injuries that eventually killed a 20-year-old girl, remains incarcerated at Multi-County Correctional Center on a $50,000 bond after pleading not guilty to eight criminal charges Monday afternoon.

It seems like every day there's another announcement about companies laying off workers or closing their doors.

Youngstown, OH On Saturday, November 28, the McDonald Lions Club will host the first annual Feed the Need run to help feed hungry families in our community.

An after-school program in Warren, a "green" job-training program in Youngs-town and a communication tower serving Niles, McDonald and Weathersfield are among the projects getting dollars in a federal spending bill OK'd on Thursday.

Backyard rivals McDonald and Mineral Ridge met on Tuesday night, and the Blue Devils left the Rams feeling blue.

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.