More toll booths along the Ohio Turnpike: that’s what drivers are seeing at milepost 211 in Newton Township, part of the coming Open Road Tolling collection system… That massive facility and the under-renovation Eastgate plaza near the Pennsylvania line will allow E-Z Pass drivers to maintain highway speed while their in-car transponder is being read… Public Information Officer with the turnpike Charles Cyrill says the cost for the project so far has been more than $270 million… Look for the new system to kick in sometime in 2024.
A Warren man is charged with felonious assault for firing a gun at someone in Niles last night; no one was hurt… Reports indicate 25-year-old Dontavius Wallace was arrested a few hours later for the driveby shooting on Clay Street which runs off Olive Street in Niles.
The Tribune Chronicle reports that attendance for the Trumbull County Fair this year totaled nearly 47,000.
