BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Former Boardman High School boys bowling coach, Kevin Randolph, 70, of 336 Stadium Dr., will have to register as a sex offender every six months for the next 25 years after he entered guilty pleas to charges of felonious assault and sexual battery last week in a Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.
      Randolph was secretly indicted by the Mahoning County Grand Jury on Feb. 13, 2025 according to documents filed with the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts.
      The four-count indictment included a felony-2 felonious assault/sexual motivation specification, strangulation, a felony-3; as well as two counts of endangering children.
      According to the indictment, on or about Aug. 1, 2019 through June 26, 2024 Randolph caused serious harm [to a teen...Read More >>

     Southern Blvd. in Boardman is citing a critical operational crisis that has forced the organization to immediately suspend animal control services in Mahoning County.
      For years, Animal Charity has provided these services without financial compensation. However, rising veterinary, staffing, housing, and operational costs have made it impossible to continue absorbing those expenses while maintaining care for the animals currently in the shelter.
      Between January 1 and June 1 alone, Animal Charity took in 254 animals through Animal Control-related cases at a cost exceeding $156,000, all funded through donations, grants and fundraising efforts.
      The decision to halt services impacts a wide range of situations including owner hospitalization, owner death, red-tagged evictions, seniors entering assisted living facilities, search warrants, hoarding inte...Read More >>

     BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      The annual audit of the Boardman Local School District for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 was released this month by the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office and concluded “In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Boardman Local School District as of June 30, 2025.”
      No major findings were reported.
      The audit shows the Boardman Local School District “is staffed by 312 non-certificated and 348 certificated personnel to provide services to approximately 3,741 students and other community members.
      A five-year financial forecast prepared by the district’s...Read More >>