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Stories published October 29, 2014

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

Giants win World Series

Three days after throwing 117 pitches in a four-hit shutout to win Game 5, Madison Bumgarner threw 68 more and dropped his record-low career Series ERA to a barely visible 0.25.


Traficant tribute set Nov. 30 at Powers

Traficant tribute set Nov. 30 at Powers


Campbell High School quarterback arrested on drug charges

Campbell High School quarterback arrested on drug charges


City students construct towers, build team skills

City students construct towers, build team skills


Where's Sammi? Couple offers $3K for cat missing for a year

Where's Sammi?


Fed charges filed in Betras bomb scare

Charles Reighard faces fed charges for using mail to threaten Betras


PANDA program returns to Struthers

PANDA program returns to Struthers


Long-awaited downtown Youngstown project to start in Nov.

Long-awaited downtown Youngstown project to start in Nov.


City of Niles, patrolman sued for 2013 accident

City of Niles, patrolman sued for 2013 accident


20 people apply to become new Mill Creek MetroParks exec director

20 people apply to become new Mill Creek MetroParks exec director


Poland falls in double-overtime

Poland forced overtime in the final minute of regulation.


Badger falls to Beachwood

Beachwood will face South Range in a regional final at noon on Saturday at Ravenna High School.


South Range boys soccer team wins

South Range will play in a regional final at noon on Saturday.


Hubbard volleyball team falls in regional semifinal

Akron Hoban beat Hubbard, 27-25,25-17 and 25-18.


Youngstown battles sewer backup problem on West Side

Youngstown battles sewer backup problem on West Side


Ohio lawmaker pleads guilty to ethics violations

Ohio lawmaker pleads guilty to ethics violations


Traficant tribute is Nov. 30 at DeYor Center

Traficant tribute is Nov. 30 at DeYor Center


GOP statewide slate at Dearing Compressor on Thursday

GOP statewide slate at Dearing Compressor on Thursday


Argonne Drive house shot up in Austintown

Argonne Drive house shot up in Austintown


Firefighters revive kittens

Firefighters revive kittens


FOOD SALES AND DINNERS

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


Former Youngstown mayoral candidate is scheduled for a Thursday state elections commission hearing

He took an improper $3,900 cash campaign contribution


African Children's Choir in concert

The African Children’s Choir will present a concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at Powers Auditorium.


Man dies after being shot at apartment

Death is second homicide in city in three days


Model railroad club will open to the public on 3 weekends

Model trains of all types can be seen at the Youngstown Model Railroad Association during its annual fall open house weekends.


Rival senators stage a ‘Survivor’-like show

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK Jeff Flake and Martin Heinrich were willing to


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Jackie Bacher found dead Sunday by Youngstown authorities

Biological mother of slain Gina Burger had drug problems in her past

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Bondage Busters nurtures positive development

Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Youngstown sponsors the afterschool program.


City schools need parental involvement

The presentation will be made again for the academic distress commission Thursday


Plea averts trial in murder case

Sentencing set for Thursday


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YSU opens only lab of its kind in Ohio

Youngstown State University officials cut the ribbon on a new X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory that is second to none in Ohio and among the top in the nation.

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Three boys soccer teams in regionals tonight

Poland, South Range and Badger remain alive in tournament play.


Board plans to meet

Board plans to meet YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp. board of


YEARS AGO

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2014. There are 63 days left in the year.


Cougars oust Cardinals after controversial call

Lake Catholic scored the lone goal in overtime.


Canfield township fixes up Messerly Road fire station

Township continues to work on heating issues at the station


Mooney girls rout Rootstown

The Cardinals are one win from the state tournament.


MAHONING COUNTY COURTS

courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Daniel Benedis, 56, of 862 E. Lucius Ave.,


Strickland leads YSU line when things get hairy

Left tackle Trevor Strickland and the rest of the YSU offensive linemen are playing well.


ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH Norway TV on tenterhooks over impending rockslide HELSINKI Norway, which provided


Eight Valley teams clinch playoff berths

Three other area teams control their own destiny entering Friday’s games.


Suspended coach gets community support

A high school football coach suspended amid hazing allegations received overwhelming support Tuesday night during a raucous school board meeting.


Blatt: Title talk for Cavaliers is premature

Cleveland opens the season at home on Thursday night against the New York Knicks.


SEC well-represented in first CFP rankings

The College Football Playoff selection committee has spoken — and it likes the SEC.


New Castle off track betting site set to close Nov. 30

Declining business and opening of Hollywood Gaming in Austintown reasons for closing


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Tasting pride & passion

Antone's serves comfort food with Italian fare.

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Agenda Thursday

Agenda Thursday Western Reserve Transit Authority Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., board room, 604


GM to move production of Volt drive unit to US

Associated Press DETROIT General Motors is moving production of the Chevrolet Volt’s electric


Steelers are rounding into form at midpoint

The final grade is all that matters to Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.


Digital billboard rules proposed

Austintown is considering barring new billboards from flashing, blinking or using animation or changing images more often than every 8 seconds.


Court e-filing gets a boost

Mahoning County’s data processing board has recommended an electronic document filing system contract for the courts


Ryan seeks change in USDA labeling

Ryan seeks change in USDA labeling YOUNGSTOWN U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, has called


Kerry expresses unity with Canada

Kerry expresses unity with Canada OTTAWA, Ontario The United States and Canada vowed Tuesday to


Iraqi Kurds head off to fight militants in Syrian border town

Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq Thousands of cheering, flag-waving people gave a noisy send-off to


FTC: AT&T misled consumers over promises of unlimited data

Associated Press WASHINGTON AT&T is being sued by the government over allegations it misled


Restaurant to open at Youngstown Club next year

The Fifth Floor restaurant is slated to open in February at the former Youngstown Club


Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Aqua America, .61, 25.820.45 Avalon


Shifting Palestinian standards

Opinion: The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.: The day after Osama bin Laden was assassinated, Ismail


Boardman couple accused of beating 15-year-old plead not guilty to domestic violence charges

Boardman couple accused of beating 15-year-old plead not guilty to domestic violence charges


HABITAT HOME RUN 5K

HABITAT HOME RUN 5K Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County’s 5K race is the nonprofit’s largest


Births

Births ST. Joseph Health Center Thiago and Alyssa Ciuba, Fowler, boy, Oct. 27. St. Elizabeth


Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County hosts 15th annual Home Run 5K

This Saturday, Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County hosts its 15th annual Home Run 5K in Poland. The race is the nonprofit's largest fundraiser each year.


‘Pilot for a Day’

‘Pilot for a Day’ Vienna Jacob Sypert, 11, of Niles will be sworn in as an honorary Air Force


Man sentenced for Niles robbery

Warren man sentenced to 7 years in prison for Niles robbery Warren man sentenced to 7 years in


GM steers toward prosperity despite some major setbacks

Editorial: Recent developments suggest that America’s largest automaker has turned the corner toward recovery


Youngstown woman brings brother home from a hospital in China after nearly eight months

Dawn Borosko says someone anonymously donated $60,000 to cover the costs


With total Halloween spending expected to reach $7.4 billion this year and more than two-thirds of

With total Halloween spending expected to reach $7.4 billion this year and more than two-thirds of


Informational picket outside of St. Elizabeth Health Center Boardman

Informational picket outside of St. Elizabeth Health Center Boardman


AP, Seattle Times upset over FBI impersonation

Associated Press SEATTLE The Associated Press and The Seattle Times are objecting after learning


Defendant placed in a ‘spit bag’ following purported threat to spit on court personnel

Tuesday’s pretrial hearing for Jeffrey Irby, charged with firing between three and seven shots at a Hubbard police officer Oct. 14, was ordinary except for one thing.


House Republicans make use of Obama in campaign ads

Associated Press WASHINGTON House Republicans rolled out late-campaign attack ads tying


NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $120M Source: Associated Press

Officials in Cuyahoga County are set to vote on a plan to borrow $50 million for the demolition of


US consumer confidence hits 7-year high in October

U.S. consumer confidence rebounded strongly in October, hitting a seven-year high as solid job gains raised expectations for economic growth.


Unmanned rocket explodes after liftoff

Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the


NEWSMAKERS

NEWSMAKERS World Series not so gripping to TV viewers NEW YORK There’s a World Series going


Obama calls released Ebola nurse

Associated Press ATLANTA A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being


US must stand with Israel; annihilate Syria and ISIS

Opinion: US must stand with Israel; annihilate Syria and ISIS After the beheading of two Americans and one


Obama is Dems’ nightmare

Opinion: Random thoughts on the passing scene: The great boxing champion Joe Louis once said about one of


Trumbull County on ‘record pace for drug cases,’ prosecutor says

Of the 47 people indicted Tuesday by a Trumbull County grand jury, 24 had drug charges.


Royals rout Giants to force Game 7

Jeremy Guthrie will face Tim Hudson in today’s finale.