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Stories published August 24, 2013

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

West Side man charged with stealing cops’ OVI checkpoint sign

West Side man charged with stealing cops’ OVI checkpoint sign YOUNGSTOWN William Toth, 42,


Vechiarelli is Greatest, at last; Leonard wins again

If you were looking at Tippe, Trumbull, Youngstown or Oak Tree golf courses Saturday for the best action Saturday in Greatest Golfer of the Valley, you looked in the wrong place.


Number of meth labs in Ohio skyrockets 467 percent

Number of meth labs in Ohio skyrockets 467 percent Associated Press CLEVELAND Authorities in


Thousands march in DC to commemorate and expand King’s dream

Thousands march in DC to commemorate and expand King’s dream Associated Press WASHINGTON Tens


Arab traditions, culture are center stage at Youngstown festival

Arab traditions, culture are center stage at Youngstown festival YOUNGSTOWN Nawal Picard, an


Golf outing will benefit cancer patient

Golf outing will benefit cancer patient Oct. 12 at Lakeside Golf Course.


HMHP Foundation presents scholarships

HMHP Foundation presents scholarships at 16th annual awards dinner.

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Make like a tree and leave with an elm won at the fair

Seedling is believing: Canfield Fair visitors will have chances to win elm trees.

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Club will sponsor annual fly-in

Club will sponsor annual fly-in WEST MIDDLESEX, PA. Hubbard Wingsnappers Club for radio-


Scrappers fall twice to Muckdogs

Batavia won by identical 4-2 scores.


Youngstown teachers staying on job

Teachers have agreed to work through Sept. 30 under terms of their old contract.


YSU’s Welcome Week takes students on a thrill ride

The zip line was part of Welcome Week festivities


Little Scrappers capture SSBL, other titles

The team went 49-11 this season.


Vaughn gets max in near-fatal beating case

Judge calls attack 'cowardly'


Inside the ropes with JASON KOKRAK

Friday: The Warren JFK graduate shot a 2-under 69 in the second round of The Barclays. His round included seven birdies, three bogeys and one double bogey. He’s at 3 under for the tournament, seven shots behind the leader.


Bomb squad, Boardman fire respond to live mortar round

A boy and his mother attempted to sell the World War II memorabilia to First Choice Coin and Jewelry on Market Street


Twins trip up Tribe, again

Minnesota is 14-7 against Cleveland since September.


OSU’s Guiton stuck at second string

But the fifth-year senior will always be remembered for saving the Buckeyes’ perfect season.


Weathersfield wants details on well site

Weathersfield wants details on well site


QBs Weeden, Luck eye improvement

The two sophomores will see extended playing time in tonight’s preseason tune-up.


Valued Youngstown cop retiring, says people skills are key

Leaves after 29 years at YPD, 36 in law enforcement


Cops get more drugs in North Side patrols

Cops get more drugs in North Side patrols


Nonviolence Parade, rally set for Oct. 6 in Youngstown

The parade starts on Wood Street and proceeds downtown followed by the a rally


Youngstown native on trial in Ashtabula murder case

By SHELLEY TERRY Ashtabula Star Beacon ASHTABULA Opening statements took place Thursday in


Rabies baiting begins Monday in 3 counties

Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties will be covered


Panerathon expected to draw 8,000 downtown

By Kevin Connelly kconnelly@vindy.com youngstown An estimated 8,000 people will take part


GGOV open leader ahead by 2

Golfer Jim Cogar of Canfield chips his ball onto the green on the ninth hole of the North Course at Mill Creek Golf Course Friday during the Greatest Golfer of the Valley presented by Farmers National Bank. Cogar shot an 82 and is 12 strokes back of leader Glenn Milton.


49ers’ Wallace will face Vikings

The former Browns quarterback is competing to be a backup


Ohio mom convicted in school brawl

Associated Press CINCINNATI An Ohio woman involved in a classroom brawl with a teenage girl


Merger, installation, anniversaries marked by Rodef Sholom

By LINDA M. LINONIS religion@vindy.com youngstown The merger of Temple Beth Israel, Sharon,


Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks: v Arab American Festival, 10 a.m.: The event will highlight Middle


Microsoft: CEO Ballmer to retire

Associated Press NEW YORK Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who helped Bill Gates transform the


RELIGION DIGEST || Support group

Support group youngstown Cornersburg Baptist Church,, 3898 Tippecanoe Road, will host a 12-week


Judge orders PBGC to cooperate with Delphi retirees

Move could help salaried retirees in their quest for thousands of documents


Will JobsOhio bite GOPers?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Assume, for a moment, that all five Republicans holding statewide office will easily


MAHONING COUNTY COURTS

courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Michael Goskie Jr., 42, of 5984 Badal Drive,


Affleck to play Batman in ‘Man of Steel’ sequel

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES Ben Affleck will don Batman’s cape and


Amid the frenzy, high school football season sports value

Editorial: Tradition and excitement run deep in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys each year as August winds its


Less of a commercial bonanza

Opinion: The Gleaner, Henderson, Ky.: August brings the usual heavily promoted back-to-school sales on


RELIGION DIGEST || First Friday

First Friday boardman First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown will begin a new season with Dr.


Rassey joining Harvard staff

Rassey joining Harvard staff YOUNGSTOWN Rob Rassey, a Youngstown Phantoms assistant coach for


Manning’s gender transition sets up a legal showdown

Associated Press Bradley Manning is the first transgender military inmate to ask for hormone


Rabbi Muller marks 2 special occasions

Rabbi Muller marks 2 special occasions By LINDA M. LINONIS religion@vindy.com youngstown The


Years Ago

Today is Saturday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2013. There are 129 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


Kids at the ESA Park Apartments’ picnic enjoyed themselves when Youngstown firefighters

Kids at the ESA Park Apartments’ picnic enjoyed themselves when Youngstown firefighters lightly


Toronto mayor beats Hogan

Assocaited Press TORONTO Toronto’s larger-than-life mayor took down wrestling star Hulk Hogan in


‘BLUE JASMINE’

‘BLUE JASMINE’ Grade: A MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, language and sexual


Redskins’ Griffin jokes about fine

His T-shirt in Monday’s game was deemed unauthorized apparel


Surplus food/clothing

Surplus food/clothing Temple Emmanuel Seventh-day Adventist Church, 108 W. Indianola Ave.,


Michigan seeking top wide receiver

Darboh is out for the season with a foot injury


Ohio troopers get boot options after flap over footware

Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio’s highway patrol and the union for troopers settled a


Pittsburgh trades for RB Jones

He gives the Steelers depth in their ailing backfield.


Steelers TE Johnson ready to return

He will likely see his first game action in 380 days on Saturday against the Chiefs.


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Health Center Keionna Jenkins, Youngstown, boy, Aug. 21. Thomas and


HOW TO HANDLE RABIES BAITS

HOW TO HANDLE RABIES BAITS Instruct children to leave the baits alone. Once your area is


Patriots struggling with turnovers

Belichick declines to explain why Tebow sat


Student: Racist postings ‘a joke’

Associated Press COLUMBUS A student who took credit for anti-Islam fliers and racist cards


Shots fired at youth football practice

Shots fired at youth football practice


Connecticut topple Washington in LLWS

Connecticut earned a spot in the U.S. championship game.


Radioactive groundwater in Japan gets closer to Pacific

Associated Press TOKYO Deep beneath Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power station, a massive


BUDGET BATTLE Leaders seek deal to avoid a shutdown

Associated Press WASHINGTON Congressional Republican leaders and the Obama administration are


Hamlin grabs pole for Bristol race

He’s searching for an end to a slump that has him 25th


An East Side apartment complex has its first summer picnic

‘The event is beautiful,’ says a tenant


METRO DIGEST || Ex-player denied release to parents

Ex-player denied release to parents SHARON, PA. A former player charged with assaulting his


METRO DIGEST || Seeking domestic violence shelter volunteers

Man shot in thigh YOUNGSTOWN Harold W. Michaels, 39, was shot in the thigh about 2:20 a.m.


Akron hospital: Force Amish girl to have chemotherapy

Associated Press An Ohio hospital is fighting to force a 10-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to


Villagers unsatisfied with life sentence for soldier

Associated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan


Jury convicts soldier in Fort Hood attack

Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas A military jury Friday convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan in the