Heroic efforts by some New Castle firefighters last month didn t go unnoticed by city officials.
Mayor Chris Frye and New Castle s city council during a meeting Monday commended assistant fire chief Craig Wethli and firefighters David Thompson, Christian Marburger, Richard R.J. Johnson and Joseph Bongivengo for their efforts in rescuing a 15-year-old girl who jumped into the Shenango River on Nov. 6. I think that they really made a huge stride in showing what great people New Castle has to offer, said fire chief Mike Kobbe. I was very proud of their actions that night.
The incident began around 5 p.m. that night when the New Castle police and fire departments responded to the Mahoning Avenue Viaduct for a report of a juvenile female threatening to jump into the river. While en route, the departments were notified the girl jumped into the water and was being carried downstream. New Castle police officer Fred Buswell attempted to pull her to shore, but
Dec 16, 2020
This quantity of drugs, cash and guns was from perhaps the biggest drug bust of the year, executed Monday in Lawrence County. Contributed photo
A North Hill man is wanted by Lawrence County agents who confiscated significant quantities of drugs and cash, and two weapons from his house …
Dubbed as Operation Naughty List, a drug raid at a North Hill home Monday netted significant quantities of narcotics, $27,000 and weapons in what law enforcement are calling the biggest bust of the year.
New Castle and Lawrence County narcotics agents confiscated 299.4 grams of suspected cocaine, 68.2 grams of suspected heroin and 57 grams of suspected crack cocaine, plus the cash and a high quality .45-caliber handgun and an AR-15 DPMS assault rifle when they entered the home at 131 Park Ave. during the early morning hours.
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With an estimated $15.5 million budget, New Castle city council spent Thursday cutting costs across multiple departments, including the police.
City council spent its second 2021 budget workshop Thursday evaluating line items in the police, fire and public works departments portion of next yearâs budget. Mayor Chris Frye and chief financial officer Stephanie Dean compiled the 100-page document and Frye introduced it to city council on Nov. 24. It (budget) has been very time consuming and very difficult, said councilwoman MaryAnne Gavrile. Not everybody s going to be happy with the budget, including myself, but know that we re working diligently. We don t want to raise taxes.