The first fruits of a settlement agreement between Ohio and General Motors are starting to come to bloom as part of job training efforts in the Mahoning Val
Just three weeks ago, Husted announced a $12-million investment in the area to go toward the center, YSU s IT workforce accelerator, and several other programs.
WARREN A survey for residents and businesses suffering from poor internet connectivity is available on the Trumbull County Planning Commission website. T
Trumbull County Transit Board members last week publicly railed against Trumbull County commissioners, questioning a “lack of direction” and purpose for the board to which commissioners appointed them.
Three members of the board have now resigned including chairman Duane Hennen, who delivered his resignation last week, stating, “There is nothing for us to do.”
One board seat has remained open for quite some time. Hennen’s resignation and the previous week’s resignation of member Marlene Rhodes has brought the vacancies to three.
Rhodes stated in her resignation letter she saw “no further use for the Trumbull Transit Board” since accomplishing the goal of paying off the board’s debt to its former contractor, Community Bus Services. The board owed millions to the bus company for contracts in 2018 and 2019, but paid off the last of the debt in December.
Jim was born the youngest of five children in Youngstown, March 12, 1948.
Jim is survived by his bride of 48 years, Valerie Kraynak Wells; sister, Kathleen (George) Pallai; daughters, Amanda (Brian) Wells and Katherine (Jack) Rosson; and granddaughters, Emma and Grace Rosson. He will be remembered as a patriot, a veteran, a loving husband, a cherished sibling, a saint of a father and a co-conspirator as a grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Marie Kinney Wells; brother, Harold; and sisters, Ruth and Rita.
Jim grew up on the South Side of Youngstown, where he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966. He fondly remembered his glory days on the football squad, but readily acknowledged that his real journey began in 1967 when he enlisted in the Air Force. His aim was to go to Vietnam and contribute to the war effort. Upon graduation from basic military training and his technical training, Jim found himself stepping off an airplane at Hickam Air F