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Council considers clothing box ban

Council is considering a limit on the number of boxes instead of an outright ban.

It was defeated 66 to 2

Agreed to do it even though the proposal isn’t yet on the ballot

Ohio judges’ pay should be increased to “continue to attract the finest legal minds to serve on the bench,” local bar association president says.

The commissioners awarded a Gibson Road culvert replacement job and advertised a Springfield Township paving job.

Overtime costs prompted the closing.

The roads to be repaved are in Coitsville, Austintown, Canfield, Beaver, Milton and Smith townships.

“I just don’t feel we got what we paid for,” in a $100,000 performance audit, Mahoning County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti said.

The restoration of the Mahoning County Courthouse is to occur in 2015 and may extend into 2016, report says.

Council approved legislation Wednesday providing $9,000 in cash.

How to replace her is still up in the air

The three-quarter percent sales tax will be devoted to the sheriff’s, prosecutor’s, and coroner’s offices and 911 center.

The county commissioners heard more diversity of opinion in the second sales tax hearing than in the first.

Roundup and euthanasia of geese is the last resort after other measures have been insufficient, state wildlife official says.

The city’s board of control awarded a nearly $1.3 million contract for street resurfacing to R.T.