10/09/2025

County and ODOT plan for bridge replacement in Austintown

AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Mahoning County Engineer’s office and ODOT are planning for a bridge replacement in Austintown, but not for at least two and a half years.

They’re looking to replace the current concrete beam bridge deck on Four Mile Run Road with a concrete box-beam structure. The bridge was built in 1931 and has received a poor rating. It will cost about $550,000 to build a new one.

10/09/2025

Piece by piece: A historic bridge in Ohio comes back to life

It’s been nearly four years since a major bridge in Knox Township shut down – forcing drivers to take long detours and leaving many wondering if it would ever reopen.

7 News shows us what’s been holding up the project and what comes next.

10/06/2025

Full circle(s): Ten years after the first, roundabouts more common in Allen County

LIMA — Who says the quickest way from point A to point B is a straight line?

It has been 10 circles around the sun since motorists in Allen and surrounding counties first had to adjust to driving in circles at an intersection, but in the decade since the county’s first roundabout opened in Shawnee Township, motorists have largely become accustomed to this alternative intersection model.

10/06/2025

Volunteers help collect 8.5 tons of e-waste at recycling event

WILMINGTON, Ohio — Volunteers collected more than 8.5 tons of electronic waste during a recycling event on a crisp fall Saturday.

Led by Smith-Feike-Minton Insurance and the Clinton County Solid Waste Management District, the event saw volunteers from Wilmington College’s Tau Kappa Beta fraternity hauling unwanted electronics from cars to recycling trucks.

10/06/2025

New roundabouts open, construction underway on others, more planned in central Ohio

Round and round and round they go, and when it will stop, nobody knows.

As several roundabouts opened recently in central Ohio, work on others is underway. And plans for more are moving ahead as some central Ohio governments are going all in to replace busy intersections — some controlled by stop signs and even traffic signals — with roundabouts.