Two persons are facing charges following an early morning shooting on Oct. 11 at 473 Oakridge Dr.
      Edwin Garcia, 26, of 715 Palmer Ave., Youngstown, Oh., has been charged with felonious assault.
      Nathan Fair, 41, of 803 South Raccoon Rd., Austintown, Oh., has been charged with menacing by stalking and criminal damaging.
      Fair told police he “half drove” to the home of his ex-girlfriend, Brittany Ashton, 43, of 473 Oakridge Dr., parking his father’s SUV in a nearby lot of an apartment complex and then walking to Ashton’s home.
      Once there he and Ashton had an argument over breaking-up, Ptl. Earl Neff was told.
      Fair said the suspect who is alleged to have shot him was present during the argument between himself and Ashton, and when he turned to walk away, he was shot ...Read More >>

      A 6-plex apartment building that is in a state of disrepair, at 1893 Oles Ave., will be torn down. Boardman Township officials visited the site last week to insure no one is living in the building, setting the stage for its demolition.

     The Seventh District Court of Appeals has upheld a guilty verdict rendered in Boardman Court on a Mar. 13, 2023 theft of three cans of Platinum Bud beer valued at $8.07 at Sheetz, 134 Boardman-Poland Rd.
      Frank Notte, 55, of 869 Carlton Dr., Cambell, Oh., had appealed the verdict and during the court process, he obtained two, different attorneys, both appointed at public cost.
      In finding Notte guilty in Boardman Court, Judge Joseph Houser suspended a 180 day jail sentence, ordered Notte to serve 12 months of community control and five days of community service; fined the man $100 and ordered him to stay off the property of Sheetz.
      A decision authored by Seventh District Judge Mark Hanni upheld the guilty verdict.
      Judge Hanni noted that Sheetz provided police with two photographs---one of the suspect in the t...Read More >>