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Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Pedestrian accident probed

BRISTOL The Ohio State Highway Patrol is still investigating an accident that sent a Bristolville


35th Great American Smokeout set for Thursday

Staff report The American Cancer Society is marking the 35th Great American Smokeout on Thursday


Austintown couple recognized by cancer society

Staff report BOARDMAN Mike and Patty Griffin of Austintown received the Mahoning County Unit of


Kolya nears return to Russia

canfield When Nicholai “Kolya” Denykin arrived in the United States on Aug. 30, he was in


YSU study targets travel safety

A study under way of streets around the Youngstown State University campus aims to improve safety


Regional final pairings, sites announced

Regional pairings.


Hoovers mark 61st anniversary on Nevada trip

CANFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoover of Canfield celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in

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Family hosts party to honor Mr., Mrs. Bayne

BOARDMAN Mr. and Mrs, Robert Bayne of Boardman were honored as they celebrated their 50th wedding

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Giangiulis’ 50th celebrated at surprise party

HUBBARD Tully’s Caf in Sharon, Pa., was the setting at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 for a surprise dinner

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Family dinner to honor Fizets on anniversary

AUSTINTOWN Family members will gather at Rachel’s Restaurant on Nov. 27 to honor Mr. and Mrs. Tom

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SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

55-Plus Club of Mineral Ridge will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Church. Card games will be


ANNIE’S MAILBOX: Husband reneged on rent situation

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My 20-year-old son from a previous marriage lives


FEDERATED CLUBS

WEDNESDAY Youngstown Area Federation of Women’s Clubs will have a noon luncheon at the Holiday


Holiday Brunch and Sweet Shoppe feature goodies prepared by Angels

BOARDMAN The Angels of Easter Seals will host an annual Holiday Brunch and Sweet Shoppe on Dec. 1

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Local authorities make their case for plea bargains

By John W. GOODWIN Jr. jgoodwin@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Prosecutors say the plea-bargain process


Another frustrating finish ends YSU season

Another frustrating finish ends YSU season By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The

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City rental crackdown picking up momentum

By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The city’s crackdown on landlords who haven’t

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Mooney once again stings SVSM

Mooney once again stings SVSM By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com uniontown With just a little

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Volunteers help spruce up city neighborhood

By SEAN BARRON news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN At first glance, the small rectangular lot at

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Teague’s 170 sends Ursuline to Week 13

By John Bassetti bassetti@vindy.com GREEN It was all-Teague pretty much all the time. Akise

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Sharon to replace manager

By jeanne starmack starmack@vindy.com sharon, pa. A little more than a year after the city’s


Blocked punt sends Comets streaking over Falcons

By JON MOFFETT jmoffett@vindy.com Warren It took only six plays for the life to be sucked out

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Elm trees planted in Wick Park

By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN What type of trees were planted on the Elm

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Bucks rally to wallop Nittany Lions

Associated Press COLUMBUS As the Ohio State Buckeyes left the field trailing 14-3 at halftime


Event to help children who have lost loved ones

Staff report Children who have lost a loved one recently are invited to attend an event to help


Phantoms ignite to snap 8-game streak

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS Ryan Belonger scored two goals as the Youngstown Phantoms snapped


‘Christmas in Columbiana’ starts Thursday

Special to The Vindicator COLUMBIANA The Columbiana Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for


OHIO VETERANS Hall of fame

Twenty military veterans were inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame during a ceremony Nov. 5


Gas-leasing boom leads residents to fend for themselves

Columbiana County farmer Bob Rea, who has become involved with a group of landowners who are negotiating with drilling companies for rights to natural gas on their properties, leads a meeting last week at Armstrong Saddlery Arena in Salem. Several hundred people attended.

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Trumbull County court filings

COURTS TRUMBULL COUNTY Marriage licenses Jonathan G. Stringer Jr., 41, of 3944 Sunny Brook


CAREER PATHS

CAREER PATHS ENVIRONMENT Antoinette Wallace has been named chief financial officer of Wallace &


Son’s melancholy is not mother’s problem

McClatchy Newspapers One of the defining beliefs of this technological age is that with enough


Freshmen to get crash course about Congress

Associated Press WASHINGTON Where to live? Whom to hire? What’s a voting card — and where are


Compression lets you transfer files more quickly

As the name implies, anything that’s compressed is smaller than it was originally. In the kitchen,


Kyle Busch knows he has some more growing up to do

Associated Press AVONDale, Ariz. Kyle Busch’s latest brush with NASCAR cost him $25,000, and


BIRTHS

BIRTHS ST. ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER Robert and Tracie Calvin, North Jackson, boy, Nov. 11.


Armed forces

Armed forces VETERANS Burial program HOUSTON, TEXAS The Dignity Memorial Æ Homeless Veterans


Woman sleeping in bed crushed by SUV

McClatchy Newspapers CHICAGO A Bolingbrook, Ill., woman was crushed and killed when an SUV


Bush delivers an engrossing insight

By Tim Rutten Los Angeles Times “Decision Points” by George W. Bush; Crown (498 pages, $35)


Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks: vMarching Pride end- of-season concert, 4 p.m.: Hear all the music


Oscar outlook

‘King’s Speech,’ ‘Social Network’ await challengers By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer LOS


Pioneering Latinas break barriers and keep going

Pioneering Latinas break barriers and keep going McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI In the 1980s the


Dear public employees: Be afraid

Opinion: It was a verbal shot heard round the state of Ohio: “Please leave the cynicism and political


Metro digest || Mercer County election turnout

Election turnout MERCER, Pa. More than 1,400 absentee ballots cast for the Nov. 2 election have


Bottling Local Flavors

Opinion: Canfield family has a taste for making salad dressing When Canfield’s Bob Severino bumps into


Hen-n-Roosters capture Youngstown senior event

YOUNGSTOWN The Hen-n-Roosters of Paul Scheetz, Nancy-Hays Cramer, Carl Cramer and John Dasen


Collectors seek candy containers

All types of candy containers are popular collectibles — everything from tin boxes to papier-m ¢ch


Fugitive of the Week

Fugitive of the Week The FBI/Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force is asking the public’s help

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Gains: Justice system ‘would grind to a halt’ without plea bargains

By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The volume of criminal cases that make


Myanmar frees Suu Kyi

Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar Pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi walked free Saturday after


Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle

Staff report BRISTOL A person walking on state Route 45 in Bristol Township was seriously


‘Once on This Island’ at YSU both enchanting and engaging

By LORRAINE WARDLE news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN If you need an escape from the cold, dreary Ohio


Afghan tribes ready to fight Taliban

Associated Press PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s moves to make peace with


Water is key focus of W.Va. DEP proposed gas law

Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. The Department of Environmental Protection wants natural-gas


Blood Drives

Blood Drives today St. Elizabeth Health Center Donor Room, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, 9 a.m.


87% of paper ballots ordered not used

Dayton Daily News DAYTON County elections officials don’t question the need for paper ballots as


Top Hat’s ‘Nunsense’: Don’t dismiss it as such

By MILAN PAURICH news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Catholic porn for the bingo crowd, “Nunsense” has


Obama’s task: win back voters

Associated Press WASHINGTON Near the midpoint of his presidency, Barack Obama’s diverse voter


Thomas Steel to donate books for children

Staff report WARREN Representatives from Thomas Steel Strip Corp., a member of the Tata Steel


Pa. police: Man killed woman, 2 girls, then self

Associated Press ERIE, Pa. A man shot and killed a woman and their two daughters in his home


Guitarist finds shelter, help through church

Associated Press COLUMBUS It was the kind of fall day that warns of the cruelty of the coming


4,000 protest against China

Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan Thousands of demonstrators waving Japanese flags and shouting


Years Ago

Today is Sunday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2010. There are 47 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


limelight Awards and achievements

Mercer County community and economic development leaders celebrated the 25th anniversary of the


Agenda Monday

Agenda Monday Liberty school board, public caucus, 6 p.m., followed by regular meeting, community


China looms during tour of Asia

McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON As President Barack Obama wrapped up his tour of Asian


Metro digest || Hermitage restaurant reopens

Restaurant reopens hermitage, pa. Golden Corral restaurant, evacuated Friday after a carbon-


NEWSMAKERS

NEWSMAKERS Sally Field honored at her high school alma mater LOS ANGELES Sally Field’s high


A case of selective inflation

Opinion: A case of selective inflation Has inflation hit the Ma- honing County prosecutor and Children


GOP plans to extend tax cuts

Associated Press WASHINGTON Fresh off big victories on Election Day, Republicans in Congress


NATION & WORLD || Insurgents try to storm NATO base

Insurgents try to storm NATO base KABUL, Afghanistan Insurgents wearing suicide vests Saturday


Bank robber sentenced

Associated Press COLUMBUS An Ohio bank robber who authorities called the “Robin Hood bandit”


Kasich to review racetrack-slots plan

Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio Gov.-elect John Kasich wants to study a plan to put lottery-run


Republicans near extinction in Hawaii Senate

Associated Press HONOLULU As the only Republican survivor in Hawaii’s Senate, Sam Slom worries


Gains’ budget demand shows myopia of some officeholders

Editorial: What part of economic reces sion doesn’t Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains — and other


Small businesses turn to microlenders

Dallas Morning News DALLAS Michelle Matta had never heard of microfinancing before landing a


Lawyers: Proving lawsuits is tough

Tainted-egg cases face challenges Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Thousands of people likely


Rebuild our infrastructure

Opinion: “If the government wants to lower health care costs, their first priority should have been


Update finance lessons for kids

DETROIT If you think it’s time to teach your child about dollars and sense, there are plenty of


Pop culture Q&A

By Rich Heldenfels McClatchy Newspapers Q. I was wondering whether all three contestants on


record reviews

The Greenhornes Album: “[Four Stars]” (Third Man) Grade: A More people have probably heard of


the possible contenders

Here’s a look at more possibilities for best picture as well as for other top Oscar categories:


Cruze sales are just right

Editorial: Cruze sales are just right The Chevrolet Cruze isn’t exactly selling like hotcakes, and that’s a


PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending Nov. 6

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Towers of Midnight” by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 2. “The


Human drama lives

‘the walking dead’ By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK If you missed “The Walking


Sales workshop set

Sales workshop set youngstown Triumph Consulting Services will host a sales workshop for


Bird haven

McClatchy Newspapers GUYS MILLS, Pa. Waterfowl are the big attraction at the always-damp Erie


Will lawmakers take a cut?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Voters appear to be pretty short on patience at the moment for fat cat politicians. And


bridge

bridge Neither vulnerable. West deals. NORTH x2 u8 vA Q J 10 9 8 wA J 7 6 4 WEST EAST


CURRENT PRICES of antiques & collectibles

Joe Palooka Lunch Kit, illustration of Joe and two friends, orange ground, 2 handles, art by Ham


Exposition of 1936-37 recalled in new book

Exposition of 1936-37 recalled in new book CLEVELAND “Meet Me on Lake Erie, Dearie!” the fourth


MAC football

MAC football Saturday’s games Army 45, Kent State 28 KENT Trent Steelman and Brian Cobbs


ND Irish continue Utes’ plummet

Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. Utah’s fall has been swift. From rapid-scoring offensive


Pacquiao’s team demands Margarito tested for banned substances

Associated Press ARLINGTON, TEXAS Controversy erupted Saturday night before Manny Pacquiao and


No promoting needed when Pats, Steelers play

Associated Press PITTSBURGH During a time when preening, self-promoting and spewing profanity on


Saturday’s other big ten games

Saturday’s other big ten games Northwestern 21, No. 13 Iowa 17 EVANSTON, Ill. Dan Persa


Short-handed Cavaliers can’t keep up Indy’s pace

Associated Press Cleveland The prospect of playing against LeBron James always brought out the


Jets provide Browns’ Mangini with another chance at vindication

Associated Press CLEVELAND When Browns coach Eric Mangini, with a generous dip of chewing


YSU NOTEBOOK

Big-play (and career) Barnes: Senior wide receiver Dominique Barnes caught 10 passes for 132 yards


VERY SCARY

These “Fright Night Sights” are just a few of the Halloween pictures submitted by our readers for


Germs with your lemon wedge?

Q. One of my co-workers always asks for a slice of lemon in his water. I shudder every time I see


Malkin nets 3 goals as Penguins win again

Associated Press ATLANTA Evgeni Malkin’s sixth career hat trick didn’t impress him that much.


Keep an eye, and even an ear, on what’s most important to you

Keeping watch By Robert McFerren mcferren@vindy.com Bad nannies (or even bad dogs), beware.


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