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

Sandoval hits three homers as Giants take Game 1

Giants top Tigers, 8-3, in World Series opener


Trumbull grand jury indicts man on vehicular homicide charges

Trumbull grand jury indicted man on vehicular homicide charges


Ohio senator disputes Obama comments on auto plan

Ohio senator disputes Obama comments on auto plan


Judge: Venezuela notes lawsuit should stay in Ohio

Judge: Venezuela notes lawsuit should stay in Ohio


Auto bailout could be key to Obama victory in Ohio

Auto bailout could be key to Obama victory in Ohio


Police looking for man who robbed Subway restaurant

Police looking for man who robbed Subway restaurant


US sues Bank of America for $1B+ for mortgage fraud

US sues Bank of America for $1B+ for mortgage fraud


BP funds STEM initiatiive in Trumbull County schools

BP funds STEM initiative in Trumbull County schools


Ind. GOP Senate candidate stands by rape comment

Ind. GOP Senate candidate stands by rape comment


Woman dies in Columbus apartment fire

Woman dies in Columbus apartment fire


Gov. Kasich talks about bills pending before lame-duck Legislature session

Gov. Kasich talks about bills pending before lame-duck Legislature session


Marshals arrest witness in Pa. cop-killing case

Marshals arrest witness in Pa. cop-killing case


Nation's fastest road opens in Texas

Nation's fastest road opens in Texas


US new home sales rise to highest in 2 1/2 years

US new home sales rise to highest in 2 1/2 years


Singer Bobby Brown arrested in LA; DUI suspicion

Singer Bobby Brown arrested in LA; DUI suspicion


Niles Health Department offers flu shots next week

Niles Health Department offers flu shots next week


2 Ohio nurses get probation in malnutrition death

2 Ohio nurses get probation in malnutrition death


Report: Ohio college costs rise slowly

Report: Ohio college costs rise slowly


Mother pleads guilty in rape of daughter at Children Services

Mother pleads guilty in rape of daughter at Children Services WARREN Felicia Banks Beemer, the


Defendant in Ohio child's meth death gets prison

Defendant in Ohio child's meth death gets prison


Ohio suicide survivor dies during trial

Ohio suicide survivor dies during trial


Huntington Bank plans to add 250 jobs in Ohio

Huntington Bank plans to add 250 jobs in Ohio


MVOC Rally for Jobs is Thursday at Stambaugh

MVOC Rally for Jobs is Thursday at Stambaugh YOUNGSTOWN A Rally for Valley Jobs, sponsored by


Youngstown firefighters tackle three suspicious morning blazes

Youngstown firefighters tackle three suspicious morning blazes YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown


FOOD SALES AND DINNERS

WEDNESDAY Boar’s Head Ladies of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., will serve a chicken


Fall Fest is Saturday


Alzheimers support to meet Thursday

Alzheimers support to meet Thursday NORTH LIMA Alzheimers Caregivers Support Group will meet at


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Nature’s Serenade

Musician and college professor Lisa Rainsong of Cleveland Heights says her relationship with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is helping her “teach people to be more mindful of the first musicians — insects, amphibians and birds.”

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Vote on racino platting delayed

By Elise Franco efranco@vindy.com Austintown The Mahoning County Planning Commission will have to wait another month to vote on the assembly of parcels that will make up the Hollywood Slots at Mahoning Valley Race Course.


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YPD puts out the call for potential officer recruits

The Youngstown Police Department is looking for a few good recruits — and they are hoping to pull them from the ranks of city residents, minorities and veterans.

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Sept. jobs data offer good news and bad

By BURTON SPEAKMAN bspeakman@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Economic figures in the Mahoning Valley continue to have mixed results with fewer people working, but the unemployment rate still dropping.


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‘Dance Moms’ site search sets the stage for Stambaugh

“Dance Moms,” the popular Lifetime network reality television series, will come to historic Stambaugh Auditorium on Sunday to film an episode.

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Canfield spikes Liberty

The scrappy Liberty Leopards extended the defending Division II district champion Canfield Cardinals to four games before losing their Oct. 13 regular-season finale at Cardinals Gymnasium.

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Three vie for commissioner’s seat

By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning County voters will have a choice of candidates for just one county commissioner’s seat on the Nov. 6 election ballot.


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Warren’s Warfield lends message to home

Paul Warfield scored 85 touchdowns in a 13-year NFL career. Yet, he’ll never forget the first time he crossed the goal line as a Warren Harding Panther.

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Incident probed by federal agency

By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The FBI is investigating possible civil-rights violations in an Aug. 1 physical altercation between a deputy sheriff and a county-jail inmate in the prisoner holding area in the Mahoning County Courthouse basement.


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Tutoring program aids Struthers kids

Two students sat across from each other in the art room at Struthers Elementary School on Tuesday and contemplated the task before them.

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YSU: Playoffs starting Saturday

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State is treating Saturday’s game at South Dakota State as a playoff game, which is the type of thing that sounds really good when you’re in the midst of a three-game losing streak.


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Oh, G-Men: Garfield stuns South Range in semifinal

The South Range boys soccer team wanted nothing more than a district title match with Inter-Tri County League Tier 1 rival Crestview.

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YSU raising funds for veterans center

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State University is launching the public phase of a $1.25 million fund-raising campaign to construct a Veterans Resource Center on Wick Avenue.


Failure of district’s levy renewal would mean loss of $5.3 million

By DENISE DICK denise_dick@vindy.com Youngstown If the 10.4-mill city school district renewal


An issue of vision

Opinion: By Roger R. BLUNT McClatchy-Tribune Fifty years ago the biggest event in human history almost


Candidate debates serve a purpose

Opinion: By Edward Wasserman The Miami Herald I like the campaign debates. I watched most of the


Area teams closing in on playoff berths

Staff report Six area high school teams appear to have clinched berths in the Ohio High School


It’s well-rested vs. well-tested

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Jim Leyland and the Detroit Tigers found out the hard way that


Marlins fire Guillen after only one season

Associated Press MIAMI The lingering backlash caused by Ozzie Guillen’s praise of Fidel Castro


Holmgren: ‘We did not win enough’

Associated Press BEREA The coaching itch never completely left Mike Holmgren, who will walk away


Short-handed Steelers healthier

Associated Press PITTSBURGH Maurkice Pouncey is expected to return to the Steelers’ lineup on


2 teen brothers charged in death of girl

Associated Press CLAYTON, N.J. A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old girl into his house under the


Cavs’ Irving scores 20, but Pacers win, 100-82

Associated Press CLEVELAND Danny Granger, playing in his first preseason game after being


Pittsburgh Symphony returns to area for a Beatles tribute

Staff report NEW CASTLE, Pa. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will begin its 12th year of


Ohio teen in Craigslist trial: I feared for life

Associated Press AKRON The teenage suspect in the slayings of three men lured by phony


Execution table can support inmate

Associated Press COLUMBUS The warden of the prison where Ohio puts inmates to death says the


Krichbaum ruling: Bilas can stay with Mooney

By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A judge has upheld a magistrate’s ruling


Legislators oppose leasing Ohio Turnpike

Staff report COLUMBUS State Reps. Ronald V. Gerberry of Austintown, D-59th, and Matt Lundy of


Backers support early voting

By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Supporters of President Barack Obama and Mitt


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Health Center Nicholas and Tiffany Hans, Youngstown, boy, Oct. 22.


Informant: NYPD paid me to ‘bait’ Muslims

Associated Press NEW YORK A paid informant for the New York Police Department’s intelligence


Surplus clothing

Surplus clothing Greater Friendship Baptist Church, 646 Lakewood Ave., Youngstown, clothing


MYCAP celebrating weatherization month

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership celebrates


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Apple’s iPad Mini is much pricier than rival tablets

Apple Inc.’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad will cost much more than its competitors, signaling the company isn’t going to get into a minitablet price war.

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US could be world’s biggest oil producer

US could be world’s biggest oil producer new york U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the


NY court: Lap dances aren’t art, are taxable

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. Lap dances are taxable because they don’t promote culture in a


ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH Billboard company opposing Pittsburgh council’s tax plan PITTSBURGH A nationally


Beyonce, who will be the halftime performer at the Super Bowl, has appeared in a lot of films. And

Beyonce, who will be the halftime performer at the Super Bowl, has appeared in a lot of films. And


NEWSMAKERS

NEWSMAKERS Spears’ self-styled manager testifies LOS ANGELES Britney Spears’ self-styled


TRumbull county BP will announce investment in schools

Staff report NILES BP will make an announcement today about a major investment in Trumbull


Police: 3 killed in murder-suicide

Associated Press LANCASTER, Ohio Authorities in central Ohio say three people — including an


Obama, Romney set sights on Ohio in last 2 weeks

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com DAYTON President Barack Obama painted himself as a leader who has


Fund in memory of murdered student to provide scholarship

By Ashley Luthern aluthern@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Brandy Stevens-Rosine Memorial Fund will


World Series (7:30 P.M., FOX): Break out the peanuts and Cracker Jack. The World Series gets under

World Series (7:30 P.M., FOX): Break out the peanuts and Cracker Jack. The World Series gets under


Food drive donors can receive Disney on Ice tickets

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Disney on Ice “Treasure Trove,” a medley of favorite characters and


Mathews school board plans executive session

Mathews school board plans executive session Vienna The Mathews school board will have a special


Occupants of car file suit, claiming injuries

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Two people who say they were injured in an accident in which a street-


A kinder, gentler Romney

Opinion: It’s a safe bet that President Obama misses the old Mitt Romney — the one who described himself as


Hezbollah rejects international probe in killing

Associated Press BEIRUT Syria’s powerful ally Hezbollah was accused Tuesday by Lebanese


Police: Retribution possible motive in deadly shooting

By JOHN W. GOODWIN JR. jgoodwin@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Police are looking at retribution for


Public hearings

Public hearings Canfield Mill Creek MetroParks will be conducting the second of two public


Austintown’s O’Nora to work first Fall Classic

By GREG GULAS sports@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN As the Detroit Tigers anxiously awaited their


Lies being told about attack in Benghazi

Opinion: It was a little much when President Barack Obama said that he was ”offended” by the suggestion that


College price climbs

Associated Press The sticker price of in-state tuition at four-year public universities climbed


Looking in vain for a ‘socialist’

Opinion: Looking in vain for a ‘socialist’ The continuous accusations of socialism against the Obama


For the Ohio Supreme Court: McGee Brown, Cupp, O’Donnell

Editorial: Three Democrats and three Re- publicans are vying for three seats on the Ohio Supreme Court — not


Comedy team blazes a trail down the racial divide Key and Peele

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK As a comedy team, Keegan-Michael Key and


First National posts 3Q profit, will acquire bank

By JAMISON COCKLIN jcocklin@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN First National Bank of Pennsylvania posted


Agenda Thursday

Agenda Thursday Brownlee Woods Neighborhood Association, 6:30 p.m., Faith Community Church,


Great Pumpkin Beer Review

Great Pumpkin Beer Review Drinks Columnist Brain Fry takes a look at some awesome Halloween


Warren Township Police Levy Some facts

A 4-mill, continuing additional levy for police protection to raise $279,804 annually. Owners of


Children’s theater troupe to tackle Shakespeare

Staff report BOARDMAN The AfterSchool Players, a new children’s theater group, will present its


Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2012. There are 68 days left in the year.


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MAHONING COUNTY | Candidates

A look at the candidates for the contested race for Mahoning County commissioner and county


Halloween | Holiday happenings

Trick-or-treat hours and other Halloween activities in the five-county area as submitted to The


Battle of wings

Battle of wings It’s the Battle of 224 — Wing Edition. Who will soar away and who will have the


Getting ready for 2013

Getting ready for 2013 With only two months before they reveal the Burger of the Year, the burger


Dare to scare with frightful fare

Family Features From little monsters to grown-up goblins, Halloween is when sweets truly take


Scare up some fun with a graveyard bash

Family Features Be the ghostess with the mostess this Halloween, and throw a wickedly wonderful


courts

courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Ricky A. Raymond Sr., 49, of 6300 South Ave., Unit


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Kravitz Delicatessen Beefed up flavor comes slow cooked

Combinations of meats, breads and condiments can transform an ordinary sandwich into so much more.

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Warren Twp. seeks 4-mill levy

By ED RUNYAN runyan@vindy.com LEAVITTSBURG It’s not easy being the Warren Township Police


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