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Stories published August 25, 2015

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8 Warren dispatchers to move to 911 center

8 Warren dispatchers to move to 911 center


22 years later, local artist spruces up YSU fire hydrants

22 years later, local artist spruces up YSU fire hydrants


South Range schools, Salem resolve TIF dispute

South Range schools, Salem resolve TIF dispute


Local pub to draw ticket for chance at $300K jackpot

Local pub to draw ticket for chance at $300K jackpot


S. Range schools add Raptor security system

S. Range schools add Raptor security system


School board hears more opposition to Youngstown Plan

School board hears more opposition to Youngstown Plan


Beloit girl moves forward after cancer treatment

Beloit girl moves forward after cancer treatment


Boardman Township to enforce stricter parking rules

Boardman Township to enforce stricter parking rules


Oil refinery in Indiana is restarted

Oil refinery in Indiana is restarted


Official: Deputy's attacker arrested at White House in March

Official: Deputy's attacker arrested at White House in March


U.S. stocks drop sharply at close, end day lower

U.S. stocks drop sharply at close, end day lower


Raid in Lisbon turns up drugs, cash, man arrested

Raid in Lisbon turns up drugs, cash, man arrested


Inmate hangs himself in Mahoning County jail

Inmate hangs himself in Mahoning County jail


FrackFree Mahoning Valley hosts town hall meeting on fracking Thursday night

FrackFree Mahoning Valley hosts town hall meeting on fracking Thursday night


Expect lane restrictions on Interstate 80 in Austintown the next few days

Expect lane restrictions on Interstate 80 in Austintown the next few days


Austintown school board OKs bus purchase

Austintown school board OKs bus purchase


Hospital notifies patients of lost recordings

Hospital notifies patients of lost recordings


FBI takes DNA sample in probe of Warren auditor candidate

FBI takes DNA sample in probe of Warren auditor candidate


Home sales up in the nation, state

Home sales up in the nation, state


People line up to take chances on the Queen of Hearts game

People line up to take chances on the Queen of Hearts game


Warren auditor candidate gives DNA sample in hazmat probe

Warren auditor candidate gives DNA sample in hazmat probe


Cafaro Foundation donates $5,000 to Struthers schools

Cafaro Foundation donates $5,000 to Struthers schools


Goose believed cause of Struthers power outage

Goose believed cause of Struthers power outage


Former corrections officer arrested for crashes, fleeing

Former corrections officer arrested for crashes, fleeing


Boardman faves OVI charge after Monday incident

Boardman faves OVI charge after Monday incident


Man who 'baited police' wanted for failure to appear in court

Man who 'baited police' wanted for failure to appear in court


Valley's jobless rate dropped in July

Valley's jobless rate dropped in July


REUNIONS

Austintown Fitch High School Class of 1973 will have its 60th birthday party Saturday at McMahon


Fundraiser to help couple and triplets

Fundraiser to help couple and triplets YOUNGSTOWN A Girls’ Night Out featuring Premier Designs


Chinese stock index sinks 7.6 percent; U.S. opens higher

Chinese stock index sinks 7.6 percent; U.S. opens higher


City fire crew battles fire on Cohasset Drive

City fire crew battles fire on Cohasset Drive


Icona Pop is heading in the right direction

By JOHN BENSON entertainment@vindy.com Going “old school” is nothing new to musicians in the


Del Sinchak records country classics

By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Del Sinchak has gone country. Well, not really. The


U.S. stocks slump again, analysts say wait it out

Stocks regained some of that ground as the day wore on, but the Dow Jones industrial average finished the day down 588 points.


Police had earlier questioned Roaming Shores man about missing Warren teen

Two Warren police detectives and other officers went to the state Route 6 home of James E. Brooks, 40, Aug. 8, looking for missing Warren teen Alesha Bell.


Canfield to address pit bull ban at Sept. 9 city council meeting

Animal activists to also pursue eliminating breed specific legislation in Youngstown


A Youngstown councilwoman and her husband are being assessed $1,200 by the city for failing to mow grass

She declined to vote on assessing fees for grass cutting


Muni court complaint settled and dismissed

Ohio’s chief justice has dismissed a 2009 complaint by Youngstown Municipal Court judges against City Council.


Legacy of supporting Israel Tennis Centers continues in generations

Tennis players give exhibition as fundraiser


Smooth start to school year

School districts report smooth start


oddly enough

oddly enough Geese, their waste invade Pennsylvania football field NANTY GLO, Pa. A western


courts

courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Erene I. Calderon, 36, of 8425 Summerland Trail,


Can the Buckeyes lose assistant coaches and keep winning national championships?

At Florida, Urban Meyer relied on assistants he already trusted. At Ohio State, he’s been rolling with guys he barely knew, or didn’t know at all, until he hired them.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL News and notes Kentucky: Coach Mark Stoops says the NCAA has denied hardship


Ohio Supreme Court urged to review Belinky’s tenure

Editorial: A veteran lawyer who has practiced extensively in the Mahoning County Courthouse offered this


Live music performances on television shows this week include:

Live music performances on television shows this week include: v Neil Young: Tonight on “Tonight


Lace Up campaign

Lace Up campaign BOARDMAN Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley and Go4TheGoal are teaming


Man admits forcing immigrant teens to work

Associated Press MARION, Ohio A Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty to charges related to an


Poland Forest’s glorious wildflowers must be understood and protected

Opinion: Poland Forest’s glorious wildflowers must be understood and protected As we know, the emerald ash


Study: Easy does it on Vitamin D

Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS) ROCHESTER, Minn. Dosing obese teens with vitamin D shows no


Depression doesn’t always wait until the baby comes PRE-BIRTH BLUES

By Alison Bowen Chicago Tribune (TNS) Kate Moser waited until the night before her due date to


Chaos reigns supreme

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON It’s time to look once again into the


Scott Walker’s health care plan follows the Republican playbook

Opinion: By Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times When I first heard that a new repeal-and-replace-Obama-care


YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2015. There are 128 days left in the year.


Police: Ashley Madison hack has led to extortion crimes, reports of suicides

Associated Press TORONTO The hacking of the cheating website Ashley Madison has triggered


Surplus food/clothing

Surplus food/clothing People’s Chapel Church of God, 2145 Hillman St., Youngstown. Food, 11 a.m.


Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Alcoa Inc., .128.22—.51 Aqua America, .71


birthdays

birthdays Game-show host Monty Hall is 94. Actor Sean Connery is 85. Talk-show host Regis Philbin


BRIDGE

BRIDGE Neither vulnerable. North deals. NORTH x8 7 u5 2 vA K Q 10 6 5 wK 10 2 WEST


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Courtney Hughley and Larnell Hall, Youngstown, boy, Aug.


AP poll: Dimmer outlook for wages, hiring, economy

Associated Press WASHINGTON For much of the economy’s fitful and sluggish six-year recovery


Voters should think long, hard before saying yes to legalization of marijuana

Editorial: Considering the millions of dollars being spent by the advocates of marijuana legalization in Ohio,


We’re celebrating success at YSU

Opinion: Last Monday evening, as the lights came up on Stambaugh Stadium, hundreds of new Youngstown State


Agenda Wednesday

Agenda Wednesday Poland Township trustees, 6 p.m., government center, 3339 Dobbins Road. Will


Surging Cubs edge Tribe

Kris Bryant homered with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Cubs.


Browns link Manziel’s lingering elbow pain to his slinging delivery

Manziel’s elbow flared up during practice Sunday, when he left the field following a completion pointing at his arm.


Two arrested for heroin Sunday

Both arrests in separate incidents


GM fund rejects 91 percent of ignition switch claims

The compensation fund approved 399 of the 4,343 claims filed and rejected 3,944.


Pritzker to visit

Pritzker to visit YOUNGSTOWN U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will tour America Makes –


Youngstown firefighters battle Byron St. blaze

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN City firefighters were dispatched to a structure fire about 8:30 p.m.


Man arraigned on charge accusing him of attempting to abduct girl

Man arraigned on charge accusing him of attempting to abduct girl


POLICE CALLS

POLICE CALLS A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships: POLAND


Hall of Famer Carter apologizes for ‘fall guy’ advice

Cris Carter posted his apology on Twitter.


Four write-in candidates file to run for the Youngstown school board

The sitting mayor of Struthers is seeking re-election as a write-in


Liberty school board bans drones on school premises

The legislation comes in the wake of pressure from the Ohio High School Athletic Association.


Chick-fil-A update

Chick-fil-A update BOARDMAN Construction on the new Chick-fil-A in Boardman has begun. The new


Teens shopping more like parents – frugally

Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Giulia Pugliese is a typical teenager. She likes to look


Voters don’t want President Obama to have another term

Voters don’t want President Obama to have another term


Boardman police handle 12 theft cases over the weekend

Police arrested seven in separate cases


Boardman school board: Greater accountability for charter schools

The board also urged the General Assembly to establish a separate funding stream for charter schools


11 people apply so far for Trumbull elections director or deputy director

Eight Democrats, a Republican, a nonparty candidate and one person not registered to vote have applied for the job


nfl

nfl News and notes Philadelphia Eagles: The NFL says Terrell Suggs’ hit on Sam Bradford’s knees


Head injury kills IndyCar’s Wilson

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died Monday night from a head injury suffered when a piece of debris struck him at Pocono Raceway. He was 37.


Obama caught between Biden, Clinton ambitions

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is the man in the middle, caught between the


HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP Monday’s games

VOLLEYBALL Mathews 3, Lowellville 2 VIENNA Katarina Schubert who had 14 serving points, five


McDonald man charged with felonious assault on girlfriend

Frank B. Clark Jr., 34, accused of pushing his girlfriend out of a moving car on Interstate 80 at Salt Springs Road


candidates Write-ins

MAHONING COUNTY STRUTHERS Mayor: Terry P. Stocker*, 510 Brandon Ave. 44471. POLAND VILLAGE


Man arrested for taking drugs at St. E's

Bond set at $7,500


Boy rescued from dam

Boy rescued from dam STRUTHERS Firefighters rescued a 12-year-old boy who was stranded after


Mailman finds body on North Side Saturday

Man's death is city's 14th homicide of 2015


LITTLE LEAGUE

LITTLE LEAGUE World Series roundup Bowling Green, Ky. 4, Taylors, S.C. 3 SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT,


Home demolitions progressing in Austintown

Trustee asks for moment of silence for death of Judge Evans


Competency, sanity evaluations ordered

A federal judge has ordered competency and sanity evaluations for a truck driver charged with interstate transportation of minors for sex.


Man arraigned for shooting last week

In jail on $75,000 bond


Happ helps boost Bucs past Marlins

The Pirates’ starters have thrown 19 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings.


Wave of migrants pours into Serbia

Wave of migrants pours into Serbia MIRATOVAC, Serbia Exhausted migrants by the thousands, some


around the horn

around the horn Monday’s other MLB games INTERLEAGUE Reds 12, Tigers 5 CINCINNATI


U.S. crude flirts with close of under $40 a barrel

Oil prices are continuing to slide on fears of a slowdown in the world economy.


Winston shows progress in TB’s victory

It’s only preseason, but Tampa Bay’s Jameis Winston is clearly making strides as an NFL quarterback.


Prison camp reopening shelved

State prison officials have shelved plans to reopen a low-security camp on the Ohio State Penitentiary grounds to house female offenders.


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