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A second-grade student is turning his grief into something good in Liberty, with a plan to help others.

YOUNGSTOWN — Dylan N. Walters pleaded guilty Thursday to felony vehicular assault in a 2021 head-on crash on state Route 46 in Austintown. The crash serious

May 5, 2021 WARREN — Liberty voters turned down a levy that would have funded repairs to the school district’s roofs, heating and cooling systems, along with other improvements. The Liberty Local School District’s proposed 2.5-mill levy would have generated about $565,000 per year for five years. The levy failed by 24 votes; about 51 percent of voters selected “no,” while 49 percent voted yes, according to incomplete and unofficial results Tuesday from the Trumbull County Board of Ele...

rfox@tribtoday.com LIBERTY — Liberty voters are in a unique position when it comes to voting on the school district’s proposed five-year levy. Even if it is approved, they won’t have a tax bill as high as it was in 2020. This is possible because the 1997 bond that paid for the high school and generated $925,000 per year was paid off in 2020; and if the new 2.5-mill levy passes, an older .9-mill levy will be allowed to expire. “That is an unusual incentive to offer taxpayers. Once that...

LIBERTY — Liberty voters are in a unique position when it comes to voting on the school district’s proposed five-year levy — even if it is approved, they won’t have a tax bill as high as it was in 2020. This is possible because the 1997 bond that paid for the high school and generated $925,000 per year was paid off in 2020; and if the new 2.5-mill levy passes, an older .9-mill levy will be allowed to expire. “That is an unusual incentive to offer taxpayers. Once that happens, the ow...