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UPDATED: Pavlik faces Friday arraignment on three charges
Former middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik faces arraignment Friday morning in Canfield Area Court on charges of OVI, failure to control and leaving the scene ...
Kelly Pavlik busted for OVI after ATV accident
Former middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik bonded out of the Mahoning County jail overnight, facing charges of operating a vehicle while impaired, failure to control ...
Chaney STEM students on track designing, building race cars
Drucella Garcia, a junior at Chaney’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math School, shows off the dragster she designed, built, sanded and painted to race in ...
Stories published December 22, 2011
Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.
Crash snarls I-680 this evening
Rush hour traffic on Interstate Highway 680 was snarled after a multi-vehicle crash Thursday.
LOUIE FRIDAY: Editor Todd, dog killer Steve Croley and Nitro's law debacle,
Louie, Vindy.com's news radio partner, will catch up on the week's events and take a look at what's coming next week with Vindicator Editor Todd Franko.
Officials searching for missing dogs, vow to charge those involved
Police and the Mahoning County Dog Warden’s office are looking for two dogs that were harbored in an abandoned South Side home and believed to have been used in organized dogfighting.
Hagan introduces bill to make sure state tax money is used to create Ohio jobs
Hagan introduces bill to make sure state tax money is used to create Ohio jobs
Wal-Mart pulls Enfamil Newborn formula after Missouri baby dies
Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.
Six injection well protesters accept plea deal
Six environmental protesters who demonstrated at a local injection well entered plea agreements Thursday in Youngstown Municipal Court.
UPDATED: Pavlik faces Friday arraignment on three charges
Former middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik faces arraignment Friday morning in Canfield Area Court on charges of OVI, failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident.
Kelly Pavlik busted for OVI after ATV accident
Former middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik bonded out of the Mahoning County jail overnight, facing charges of operating a vehicle while impaired, failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident.
Mahoning commissioners to OK $49.6 million budget
Mahoning commissioners to OK $49.6 million budget YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning County commissioners
ASG members celebrate the holiday and 20th anniversary
NILES Members and guests of the Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild attended a holiday
Stellanie Pappas | Brian Butcher
CAMPBELL Stellanie Louise Pappas of Columbiana became the bride of Brian Michael Butcher of
Lindsay Chumita | Charles Scaglione IV
YOUNGSTOWN Lindsay Erin Chumita of Boardman became the bride of Charles Louis William Scaglione
Church takes orders for Smart Choice Food
Name omitted The name of Sean Phelan was omitted from the wedding announcement for Rachel Miller
Sex charge involving Harding High victim reduced
A charge accusing a city man of groping a Warren G. Harding High School student on her way to school has been remanded back to Warren Municipal Court as a misdemeanor.
Valley can accommodate shale boom short-term
Mahoning County will soon reap the benefits of the shale-drilling frenzy.
Ursuline grad Nick McGahagan catching NFL scouts’ notice
At Seton Hill, Nick McGahagan played every down like it was his last.
Harrison and Big Ben ready for Rams
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison understands his helmet-to-helmet hit on Cleveland quarterback Colt McCoy was illegal by the letter of the law.
$700K bond set in case of assault on YSU officer
By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR. and DENISE DICK news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Seth McDaniel is accused of
Wednesday’s Prep basketball results
Courtney Powell scored 21 points, while Aurielle Irizarry added 20 for Ursuline (5-1). Briana Curd contributed with eight and Sydney Beasley had six points. Kelsey Lancon led Lake Catholic (5-3) with 17 points.
Daily flights from Youngstown to Cleveland taxi toward 2012 reality
By ED RUNYAN runyan@vindy.com VIENNA Negotiations are finally moving in the direction of
YSU football signs four players
Staff report YOUngstown The Youngstown State football program announced the addition of four
Youngstown council examines Exterran history
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Safety is always an issue with industrial
Browns’ McCoy still not cleared
Associated Press BEREA Browns quarterback Colt McCoy still hasn’t shaken symptoms from a
2 Valley men among 8 soldiers charged in comrade’s death
Youngstown, Greenville men tied to suicide of serviceman Associated press NEW YORK Eight U.S.
Former Beaver Twp. firefighters sentenced for theft
By Ashley Luthern aluthern@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Two former Beaver Township firefighters
Urban Meyer adds two to Ohio St. coaching staff, including Vrabel
By Tim May The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS Ohio State coach Urban Meyer plunged forward
Niles cops chief: Make city jail holding facility
By JORDAN COHEN news@vindy.com NILES The city is asking Trumbull County to take over housing
Weathersfield officials fire patrolman for misconduct
By MARY SMITH news@vindy.com MINERAL RIDGE Weathersfield Township trustees Tuesday fired
Parole board recommends execution for Warren killer of elderly couple
By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The state parole board says Charles Lorraine of Warren,
Chaney STEM students on track designing, building race cars
Drucella Garcia, a junior at Chaney’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math School, shows off the dragster she designed, built, sanded and painted to race in the school gymnasium.
School union in Liberty defends health plan
By Robert Guttersohn rguttersohn@vindy.com Liberty School-union representatives attended the
Attendance at VALLEY entertainment venues in 2011 Ticket sales and slumps
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN 111Officials at the Mahoning Valley’s four
Mudd steps down as Fortress CEO
Associated Press NEW YORK Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd announced he would take a leave of
Great gift ideas for healthy holidays
Los Angeles Times If the thought of a health-related gift inspires the same feeling of dreariness
POLICE CALLS
POLICE CALLS A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships: POLAND
Rapper-comedian wants to be prez
Daniel Moore is a steelworker, union activist, polka musician, rapper, protest singer-songwriter and
Gingrich won’t win Latinos
Opinion: By Ed Morales McClatchy-Tribune Newt Gingrich is unlikely to win over Latino voters. In a
Jalape ±o peppers for heartburn?
Q. I was on reflux drugs like omeprazole (PPIs) for more than 10 years and even had surgery for
Man gets 9 months in pit-bull attack
Man gets 9 months in pit-bull attack WARREN Major C. Beckwith, 61, of Sixth Street Southwest,
Give yourself gifts that cost nothing
By Drs. KAY JUDGE AND MAXINE BARISH-WREDEN McClatchy Newspapers It’s that time of year again
AUDITIONS
AUDITIONS ACTORS “M*A*S*H,SDRq Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St., Salem, auditions for
The Bees Trees blends a wide range of styles
Precocious and perhaps naive are the two bests words used to describe musician Liam Jones, a 17-year-old Boardman High School junior who over the past year put together his own band, Liam Jones & The Overtones, before scrapping the project in favor of new act The Bees Trees.
“hollywood at home” (8 p.m., hgtv): “Hollywood at Home” is a new special
“hollywood at home” (8 p.m., hgtv): “Hollywood at Home” is a new special that has celebrities
OWS rallies behind foreclosed
Opinion: By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington McClatchy-Tribune The Occupy Wall Street movement has made a good
Lower natural gas rates
Opinion: Winston-Salem Journal: Piedmont Natural Gas’s request to lower its rates in the Carolinas for the
‘The Help’ co-star finally in spotlight
Associated Press LOS ANGELES After 15 years as “a rank-and-file actor,” Octavia Spencer is
CD RATES
CD RATES The table shows the annual percentage yield as of Wednesday. All yields given in percent.
Defectors: Grief not genuine
McClatchy Newspapers BEIJING Chu Sung-ha says he knows for sure that some of the people shown
Selected local stocks
Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Aqua America, .66, 21.87 +0.03 Avalon
Obama to Boehner: 2-month payroll tax cut only option
Associated Press WASHINGTON Careening toward a politically toxic tax hike, President Barack
newsmakers
newsmakers Michael Douglas’ son gets more prison time NEW YORK A judge called the imprisoned
TCU rallies to beat Louisiana Tech
Associated Press SAN DIEGO Casey Pachall highlighted a record-setting game with a 42-yard
Editor is ousted over slur against Rihanna
Associated Press AMSTERDAM The editor of a Dutch fashion magazine has been fired after the
Judge sentences city man, 49, to probation in attempted rape
By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A 49-year-old city man, who pleaded guilty
2 plead guilty in Ohio mortgage fraud
Associated Press CLEVELAND Authorities say two men have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to mortgage
Police identify fake bomb as prop in boys’ war game
Staff report NILES Police have learned that the fake bomb found in Kennedy Park on Monday was
Woman charged with funding terrorism
Associated Press LOS ANGELES A California woman was indicted Wednesday on charges accusing her
Canfield board hires principal, athletic coaches
By CHRISTINE KEELING ckeeling@vindy.com CANFIELD The district’s school board said goodbye to
NEw this week
NEw this week The Darkest Hour (PG-13) In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an
METRO DIGEST || Teacher arrested on sexting charges
Teacher arrested JAMESTOWN, pa. A Jamestown High School teacher has been arrested over
Brown seeks action to apply tariffs to China
Staff report WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday called for Congress to act on two
Campbell should ask state to straighten out its books
Editorial: Before Mayor WILLIAM VanSuch launches the search for a new finance director — it seems clear that
Suspect in beard-cutting attacks to plead not guilty
Associated Press CLEVELAND A lawyer for one of 12 people charged in beard-cutting attacks on
christmas | What’s open/closed
A checklist of local, state and federal institutions and local businesses closed various days for
Occupy group protests injection well in Hubbard
About a dozen protesters from the Occupy Youngstown movement occupied the corner of Main Street and Hubbard Masury Road in protest of the brine injection well to be built there.
Toews is leading MVP candidate
Associated Press Jonathan Toews has won a Stanley Cup and Olympic gold. Only 23, the Chicago
Canfield City Council, mayor honor departing Belfiore
Staff report Canfield City council’s last meeting of 2011 was also the last meeting Marlene
Americans brace to lose tax cut
Associated Press WASHINGTON Some say they’ll spend less on groceries. Others expect to cut back
Pipeline system plans to expand
Pipeline system plans to expand YOUNGSTOWN A group of shale-related companies has announced a
Woman gets probation in tire-iron attack
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN A 22-year-old woman has been sentenced to 18 months’ probation after
Pa. court: Defendants must prove mental disability
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. The state Supreme Court said Wednesday juries will have to rule
Years Ago
Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2011. There are nine days left in the year. Winter
Menorah lawsuit is resolved
McClatchy Newspapers LEESBURG, Fla. The menorah inside the social hall of a Florida retirement
Falling boulders injure candidate for commissioner
Staff report EAST LIVERPOOL John Payne, a Democrat running for Columbiana County commissioner,
What are politicians good for?
Opinion: What are politicians good for? Let me state this to Ryan, Betras, Hagan, etc. — the ones who
NY firm to audit oil-spill claims
Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. The U.S. Justice Department has tapped New York-based BDO
Romney on the road in New Hampshire
McClatchy Newspapers NEWPORT, N.H. Projecting a front-runner’s confidence, Mitt Romney wound his
State ballot issue sought to reform Ohio redistricting
By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Groups unhappy with how state lawmakers drew Ohio’s new
Gingrich wrong about the judiciary
Opinion: WASHINGTON When discussing his amazingness, Newt Gingrich sometimes exaggerates somewhat, as when,
Ballbusters Sports Bar, 3661 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-2778
Ballbusters Sports Bar, 3661 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-2778 Wed: Gary Markasky Project, 9
Rules aimed at tired airline pilots
Rules aimed at tired airline pilots WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration is imposing
Stocks end mixed; Oracle down 12%
Associated Press Technology stocks fell Wednesday, dragged down by a weak earnings report from the
UNC routs Texas; Kent St. falls
Tar Heels win fifth straight and avenge last-second loss to Longhorns last season Associated Press
Gingrich is GOP’s best bet
Opinion: If Newt Gingrich were being nominated for sainthood, many of us would vote very differently from the
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