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Unattended cooking causes house fire

Reports say unattended cooking was the cause of a fire that caused $20,000 damage to a 2571 Cornwall Ave. home at about 11:10 p.m. Monday.


ODOT to pass out brochures Wednesday about US 224 repairs

The Ohio Department of Transportation will hand out brochures to businesses along U.S. Route 224 today to explain the scope of the bridge replacement and road widening project that started Monday.


14 vehicles investigated at Saturday OVI checkpoint

The Mahoning County Operating a Vehicle while Impaired Task Force investigated 14 vehicles in a checkpoint Saturday on South Avenue.


Austintown trustee wants meeting on racino

Austintown trustee wants meeting on racino YOUNGSTOWN — With a stalemate on creating a joint


Ohio AG will investigate Sciortino traffic stop

Ohio AG will investigate Sciortino traffic stop columbus Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s


Boardman incumbents to file for re-election

Boardman incumbents to file for re-election BOARDMAN Incumbent township Trustees Tom Costello


Hernandez co-defendant to remain in jail, for now

Hernandez co-defendant to remain in jail, for now ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A man who faces a gun


Federal search warrant being executed at local pain agency

Federal search warrant being executed at local pain agency BOARDMAN Several local and federal


Charges not expected in mishap that killed 2-year-old

Charges not expected in mishap that killed 2-year-old Struthers Police are unlikely to file


Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman’s story

Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman’s story SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A pathologist hired by the


State trooper accused of drunken driving

State trooper accused of drunken driving AUSTINTOWN An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was


Ohio Department of Agriculture to honor three Trumbull families

Ohio Department of Agriculture to honor three Trumbull families BAZETTA The Ohio Department of


REUNIONS

Chaney High School Class of 1963 will have a 50-year reunion from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 10 at Kenneth


VBS children need crutches for project

VBS children need crutches for project BOARDMAN Vacation Bible School children at Disciples


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Boy found dead in room with guns

Police treat death as homicide

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Cavs meet with free agent Bynum

The center missed last season with a knee injury.


Hubbard Township awaits lawsuit payments from landfill operator

Seven-year process not over yet as TransRail applied for another landfill permit


Boardman firefighters cut through bus for training

Boardman firefighters took part in a training session Monday morning


The Bannons ride for their brother, Chuck, who died of ALS

The Youngstown-based team has raised $100,000


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Lightning suspends Little b series at Cene

In Game 2 of the best-of-three series, Astro leads 3-0.

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There is no fracking tax in Ohio's new 2-year budget

There also is no expansion of Medicaid eligibility in the budget, but GOP leaders hope to act on the issue before the end of the year.


Struthers man appears in court on a child endangering charge

Robert Purfey Jr. held on $150,000 bond


Scrappers can’t hold off Spikes

Ryan Battaglia hit a three-run homer for Mahoning Valley.


Cops bag heroin in two stops of Western Pa. men

Sharpsville man falls asleep in South Side parking lot


Ursuline’s Kempe stresses structure, academics at camp

Speakers included newly hired Walsh University coach Ted Karras and his defensive coordinator, former YSU player Fred Thomas, and former Struthers standout and current Fordham running backs coach Tim Zetts.


Tigers top Tribe in 10

Victor Martinez hit a two-run double in the 10th to lift Detroit.


Years Ago

YEARS AGO Today is Tuesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2013. There are 175 days left in the year.


newsmakers

newsmakers Singer Randy Travis in critical condition nASHVILLE, Tenn. Country-music star


Petro endorses gay marriage

Supports the efforts of the group Freedom to Marry


Civil-rights charlatans masquerade as ‘leaders’SFlb

Opinion: I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white. Apparently


Natural approaches to repel mosquitoes

Q. I worked at Mosquito Hill Nature Center in the middle of a swamp in Wisconsin. The mosquitos


Fiat wants to buy more Chrysler stock

Fiat wants to buy more Chrysler stock DETROIT Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third


NEW FX series Murder, migrants meet on ‘The Bridge’

By Rich Heldenfels Akron Beacon Journal 222Premiering at 10 p.m. Wednesday on FX, the series


Torn in two, Civil Wars lives up to name

By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. There are still helium balloons clinging to


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Health Center Steven and Casey Saddler, Burghill, boy, July 7. David and


Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Aqua America, .76, 31.82 .77 Avalon


CORRECTIONS

CORRECTIONS Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road, Youngstown, will sponsor a vacation Bible


Adult vaccination

Adult vaccination niles Shepherd of the Valley, 1500 McKinley Ave., hosts an Adult Vaccination


Alzheimer’s program

Alzheimer’s program girard The Alzheimer’s Association Greater East Ohio Area Chapter will offer


Expand drug testing in Struthers

Opinion: Expand drug testing in Struthers I support the Struthers school board in its efforts to require


Girard water department bills church $93,000

Churches, homes, and businesses get bizarre bills due to software error


Outdoor movie series returns with clean screen

Staff report POLAND Yellow Creek Theater — the series of classic movies shown outdoors on the


Revamp how Ohio elects judges

Opinion: The search engine Yahoo! once did a study that found almost no one clicks to the second page of


Animal Welfare League hires executive director

Kerry S. Pettit was recently named executive director for the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County.


GM Lordstown will save $800,000 annually with LED conversion

The company's largest conversion in North America


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Snyder wins at Tamer Win

He traded his driver for his 3-wood to place first in the Greatest Golfer junior qualifier.

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YSU’s First Couple moves in

Randy Dunn takes office July 15 and he and his wife began moving in to the Pollock House Monday

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Medication shortages: ’Truly a public health crisis’

Medication shortages: ’Truly a public health crisis’ (EDITORS: This story is recommended for


Arizona and a nation mourn the loss of 19 firefighters

Editorial: Not since Sept. 11, 2001, have so many firefighters died in the United States on a single day. And


Competition may have caused outbreak

By Robin Erb Detroit Free Press (MCT) DETROIT At least a dozen competitors and spectators at


“Pacific Rim,” the new movie by Guillermo del Toro, opens Thursday and revives the

“Pacific Rim,” the new movie by Guillermo del Toro, opens Thursday and revives the Japanese monster


Analyses: Bill will result in more legal immigrants

Associated Press WASHINGTON Landmark immigration legislation passed by the Senate would remake


Authorities: Toss cheese products

Authorities: Toss cheese products COLUMBUS The Ohio Department Health urges consumers who


birthdays

birthdays Actor James Hampton (“F Troop”) is 77. Actor Brian Dennehy is 75. Actor Richard


Twinkies to last longer than some may recall

Associated Press NEW YORK Twinkies don’t last forever, but they’ll have more staying power than


Bon Jovi gives $1M to storm relief

Associated Press SAYREVILLE, N.J. Jon Bon Jovi went home Monday to present a $1 million check


“I thought, ‘We must have used $93,000 in holy water.’”

“I thought, ‘We must have used $93,000 in holy water.’” Monsignor John Zuraw, of St. Rose Church


Boardman woman pleads guilty to grand theft

Elizabeth A. Gorski stole from a Boardman condo association


Man blows through stop signs

Cops find crack pipe after traffic stop


No time to go wobbly on reform

Opinion: No time to go wobbly on reform Kansas City Star: The Obama administration’s decision to postpone a


Warren Street Crimes Unit begins to make presence felt

Warren’s new Street Crimes Unit has begun its focused approach to law enforcement.


Dad says he didn’t deny it was son’s voice on 911 tape

Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. Trayvon Martin’s father testified Monday that he never denied it


Derailment death toll rises

Associated Press LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec Traumatized survivors of an oil train derailment that


MAHONING COUNTY COURTS

courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Alexander C. Jones, 23, of 10726 Stark Ave., Kansas


Texas Gov. Perry announces he won’t seek fourth term

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO Gov. Rick Perry was a champion of fiercely conservative social


Doctors upgrade condition of Heinz Kerry to fair

Associated Press BOSTON Doctors evaluating Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State


Agenda Wednesday

Agenda Wednesday Springfield Township trustees, 8 p.m., administration building, 3475 E. South


calif. jet crash Probe turns to cockpit decisions

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Investigators trying to understand why Asiana Airlines Flight


Spitzer, Weiner make bids for political comebacks

Associated Press NEW YORK First, Anthony Weiner vaulted back from an embarrassing sexting


Bill on immigration fails on many fronts

Opinion: By James Jay Carafano and Derrick Morgan Heritage Foundation After months of back-room wheeling


Trustees against JEDD

All three trustees said at their meeting on Monday that they do not support Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone’s wish to create a joint economic development district in the location of the racino.


Athletics’ Colon outduels Pirates Locke

Coco Crisp caught a sinking liner to help Oakland win


BRIDGE

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Former boxer charged with assault

Leonard Villers of Austintown is accused of striking the ice cream truck operator


oddly enough

oddly enough ‘BB Gun’ wins cherry-pit spitting contest in Mich. EAU CLAIRE, Mich. Matt “BB


Big disconnect: Major phone companies drop copper lines

Associated Press MANTOLOKING, N.J. Robert Post misses his phone line. Post, 85, has a


2-year-old hit by a car dies

A 2-year-old boy died after being backed into by a vehicle at 20 Euclid Ave. in Struthers around 8:30 Monday night.


Contingency water supply to be explored

A consultant will prepare a contingency plan for the county’s water supply system.


New director appointed at YSU

Jonelle Beatrice replaced the retired Judy Gaines as executive direct of student life


Vacationing family killed in plane crash

Vacationing family killed in plane crash ANCHORAGE, Alaska Five members of a vacationing South


Boys 15-17 Year-Old Division

Boys 15-17 Year-Old Division * - Qualified for Final Round ** - Previous Qualifier *^ -


Browns give jersey, fan requested pallbearers

Browns give jersey, fan requested pallbearers CLEVELAND The Browns are giving a jersey to the


Man shot on East Side

Man shot on East Side youngstown A Youngstown man was sent to the hospital after being shot on


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