"We're trying to figure out who the new buyer is and what kind of options we have," Van Hoose concluded. "It's a very complicated situation and it's not going to be solved by one meeting."

Task Force 20's Luke Schuster withdrew his liquor application during Tuesday's council meeting, after receiving much pushback from the Celebrate Poland committee and some village leaders.

A war of words, and some new proposed legislation is brewing discord between two non-profit groups in Poland Village.

Worries and frustrations filled Columbiana's Main Street Theatre and Enon Valley's SNPJ Recreation Center Monday as legal experts discussed the East Palestine community's options involving Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement.

A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has spread to more than two dozen herds in eight states.

"Having a PLA is discriminating against us non-unioned companies because it takes us, non-unioned workers, out of the running," explained an employee with J.S. BOVA Excavating during Thursday's commissioner's meeting.

"I always tell people Youngstown is a blank canvas. However you want to paint it, paint it. Whatever we don't have, you could put it here as an entrepreneur," said Councilman Julius Oliver.

"We've been working through a design-build contract for the past two years," said Makosky. "Environmental work is being completed. They're going to mobilize into the community to begin some of the environmental work with the deconstruction in June."

"If we can come up with an amicable agreement [regarding the times, dates, locations, etc.] then that plan would then be passed onto council for consideration," Colbert said.