Brandon Jaces

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(WKBN) — Service is being restored to Valley customers who lost power during severe thunderstorms Monday. At one point, there were a couple thousand customers without service in Mahoning County and there were sporadic outages elsewhere. FirstEnergy lists the estimated time of restoration at about 8 p.m.According to First Energy, there was a tree that landed on a primary line off Unity Road, damaging some equipment.

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NEWTON FALLS, Ohio (WKBN) — Friday, the Newton Falls Fire Department kicked off summer with a coloring contest all about safety. Parents and students, kindergarten through fifth grade, were at the elementary school cafeteria Friday evening to see if they were winners. The panel of judges included WKBN’s Trumbull County Reporter Nadine Grimley. While fun, it serves as a reminder to the kids about how to stay safe when they swim and play this summer.

1 week ago | wkbn.com | Brandon Jaces

NEWTON FALLS, Ohio (WKBN) — Friday, the Newton Falls Fire Department kicked off summer with a coloring contest all about safety. Parents and students, kindergarten through fifth grade, were at the elementary school cafeteria Friday evening to see if they were winners. The panel of judges included WKBN’s Trumbull County Reporter Nadine Grimley. While fun, it serves as a reminder to the kids about how to stay safe when they swim and play this summer.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brandon Jaces

BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) — A soft opening was held Friday for a new bar inside a local chocolate shop. Friday evening, First News checked out the new dessert bar at Gorant’s flagship store on Route 224 in Boardman. There you’ll find signature cocktails paired with Gorant Chocolate, plus music and appetizers all weekend. The new bar was made possible thanks to the passing of a liquor issue in October. “The feeling once you’re in the place, we wanted it to feel like you’re in your home.

1 week ago | wkbn.com | Brandon Jaces

BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) — A soft opening was held Friday for a new bar inside a local chocolate shop. Friday evening, First News checked out the new dessert bar at Gorant’s flagship store on Route 224 in Boardman. There you’ll find signature cocktails paired with Gorant Chocolate, plus music and appetizers all weekend. The new bar was made possible thanks to the passing of a liquor issue in October. “The feeling once you’re in the place, we wanted it to feel like you’re in your home.