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Franklin endorsed for Warren mayor

WARREN

Trumbull For Positive Change, a Warren-based citizens organization, has endorsed Doug Franklin for mayor of Warren.

The organization started in 2007 as Barack for Change in support of the candidacy of Barack Obama and changed its name to Trumbull for Positive Change last fall, said Elaine Price, executive chairwoman.

Franklin, current safety-service director under Mayor Michael O’Brien, is opposed in the May 3 Democratic primary by United Auto Workers union president Jim Graham.

N. Jackson man faces sex charge

NORTH JACKSON

A North Jackson man charged with pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, posted $4,000 bond after his arraignment Monday in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown.

Milbur Stout, 41, is out on bail until his May 9 hearing.

Jackson Township police arrested Stout after an investigation uncovered sexually explicit photos of a minor at his residence.

Yost in Howland

HOWLAND

Ohio Auditor Dave Yost will speak at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s government affairs council luncheon at 11:30 a.m. April 27 at Leo’s Ristorante, 7042 E. Market St. in Howland.

The cost is $20 for chamber members and $30 for nonmembers. Reservations are required by calling Jennifer Mascardine at 330-744-2131, ext. 12, or by email at jennifer@regionalchamber.com.

McDonald board to review contract

McDONALD

The state Finance and Planning Commission has asked the board of education to consider whether the district can function with a superintendent working only 80 days a year.

Commission chairman Roger Nehls told the board the commission wants the school board to take a closer look at an 80-day work schedule for the part-time superintendent, Barry Morrison.

His one-year contract expires July 31, and the board last week approved paying him a $20-a-day stipend from April 4 through the end of his contract because he has already worked all of his 80 days.

Morrison had volunteered to work for free. Nehls told the board to develop an idea or philosophy of how it wants the superintendent to work in the district.