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Mahoning elections board told rent is less at Bottom Dollar building

YOUNGSTOWN — The cost of rent at the former Bottom Dollar store in Youngstown would be significantly less for the Mahoning County Board of Elections that is looking to relocate its offices than it would be at the Patriot Building in Austintown. The analysis was done on behalf of the Western Reserve Port Authority, which owns the Patriot Building and would take ownership of the former Bottom Dollar if the city is willing to accept $1 for the latter structure, said David Betras, the election board’s chairman. The WRPA shared the information Tuesday with the board of elections. The ...

Lisbon grad sets career path at MCCTC

Ben Weber, a 2026 graduate from Lisbon DAHS and the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, has been making waves in both the career and technical education field and in the IT and cybersecurity space. Weber joined the Computer Networking and Cybersecurity program from MCCTC in Fall of ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Youngstown man who attacked another man with a knife last year was sentenced to at least three years in prison to a possible four and a half years in prison for felonious assault. Grant Michael Goodballet, 27, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the second-degree felony charge. He entered a guilty plea to the charge in April. A third-degree felony charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case will be dismissed. Goodballet attacked the other man with a knife on Aug. 23, 2025 in East ...

Former county park board members sworn back in

LISBON — Tom Butch and Eileen Dray-Bardon are back as members of the Columbiana County Park District Board after being appointed and sworn in Thursday afternoon. The remaining three spots on the board may be filled by Friday, Columbiana County Probate Court Judge Thomas Baronzzi said, with background checks pending. “I’m pleased that it’s moved along as quickly as it can at this point,” he said. As of May 22, there were no members on the board when former Chairman Joe Lawhorn resigned May 21 and Vice Chairman Crystal Siembida Boggs resigned on May 22, both at the request ...