“We don’t want them walking away from the deal. But in fairness to the city, we want


“We don’t want them walking away from the deal. But in fairness to the city, we want them to stand by their obligations and commitments. We have an agreement in principle, but Centerplate threw a monkey-wrench into things with the May 1 change.”

Anthony Donofrio, an assistant Youngstown law director. The transfer of food-and-beverage operations at the Covelli Centre to its management company is delayed until May 1. A tentative deal would change the vendor from Centerplate, which has handled that responsibility since 2005, to JAC Management, the facility’s day-to-day management firm.

“Every time the tornado hit a building, you could see it exploding.”

Derrick Washington, who observed a tornado in a southern Illinois town as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 20 people in three states.

“We, of course, will be watching closely and judging North Korea’s new leaders by their actions.”

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at a congressional hearing after North Korea agreed to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid.