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

Kids learn what cops do at youth police academy

Kids learn what cops do at youth police academy


Coroner's office: Hit-and-run death an accident

Coroner's office: Hit-and run death an accident


MetroParks official returns to position

MetroParks official returns to position


DOYO Live marketing conference for Thursday sold out

DOYO Live marketing conference sold out


The Rev. Joseph Fata, integral member of ACTION, dies at 74

The Rev. Joseph Fata, integral member of ACTION, dies at 74


Think tank: Community support, state funding needed to reform Youngstown schools

Community support, state funding needed to reform Youngstown schools


Youngstown council rejects final three charter amendment recommendations

Youngstown council rejects final three charter amendment recommendations


MetroParks officials take trolley tour of Mill Creek Park

MetroParks officials take trolley tour of Mill Creek Park


House Speaker Ryan refuses to respond to Trump's provocation

House Speaker Ryan refuses to respond to Trump's provocation


Poland softball team wins again

Poland softball team wins again


Buddy Walk set

Buddy Walk set


Army Corps flood-risk management meeting is Aug. 16

Army Corps flood-risk management meeting is Aug. 16


First ’juvenile lifers’ in Pennsylvania granted parole

First ’juvenile lifers’ in Pennsylvania granted parole


City store owner foils robbery attempt

City store owner foils robbery attempt


Tease photo

GREATEST GOLFER LIVE | '15 Open champs back; Long drive signups; protect the field

The 7th Annual Greatest Golfer of the Valley ramps up Aug. 15-21 with a championship scramble, long drive and adult individual tourney play. It will engage almost 500 golfers in one week, with folks coming home from California and the Carolinas to play.


Downtown party with the Hillbilly Way

Downtown party with the Hillbilly Way


City schools CEO names new chief academic officer

City schools CEO names new chief academic officer


Hollywood kicks off responsible gaming week

Hollywood kicks off responsible gaming week


Dellick to be arraigned today on federal gun charge

Dellick to be arraigned today on federal gun charge


NY parole authorities to bar sex offenders from ’Pokemon Go’

NY parole authorities to bar sex offenders from ’Pokemon Go’


UPDATE | Barnes & Noble to manage YSU bookstore

YSU to announce book partnership today


Cedar Point will close the Mean Streak roller coaster

Cedar Point will close the Mean Streak roller coaster


Governor: 14 Florida Zika cases likely caused by mosquito

Governor: 14 Florida Zika cases likely caused by mosquito


US launches airstrikes targeting IS in Libya

US launches airstrikes targeting IS in Libya


US Capitol plot suspect pleads guilty

US Capitol plot suspect pleads guilty


US factories expanded for 5th straight month in July

US factories expanded for 5th straight month in July


Russian helicopter shot down in Syria, killing all 5 onboard

Russian helicopter shot down in Syria, killing all 5 onboard


Ohio gas prices up slightly compared with a week ago

Ohio gas prices up slightly compared with a week ago


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Blunt joins criticism of Trump comments

PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Blunt joins criticism of Trump comments


Christian acts Leeland, Meredith Andrews to play Stambaugh

Christian acts Leeland, Meredith Andrews to play Stambaugh


WORTH A LOOK

BINGO/CARD PARTIES American Legion Unit 301, 3652 Oakwood Ave., Austintown, will host a Bingo


Thiel College appoints associate dean

Thiel College appoints associate dean GREENVILLE, PA. Mary Theresa Hall, Ph.D., professor of

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Kids learn about being a cop today at city academy

Officer Jose Morales Jr. is helping instructor Delphine Baldwin-Casey by showing students how a police car works.


Husband asks wife for a buck, she gives him 50 cents and violence ensues

Husband asks wife for a buck, she gives him 50 cents and violence ensues


Thiel College’s first female president starts today

Thiel College’s first female president starts today


Think your weekend was bad? Thief takes man's bird, roast and runs over his foot

Think your weekend was bad? Thief takes man's bird, roast and runs over his foot


Family drumming and dancing set Friday in New Castle, Pa.

Family drumming and dancing set Friday in New Castle


Local couple planning for Youngstown Marathon

Local couple planning for Youngstown Marathon


Clinton says Trump threatens democracy

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton


MetroParks Master Gardener program set to return

Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens to bring back gardening class


Fact check: Liberty township has highest township tax rate in Trumbull County, but not state

Trustees say residents cannot afford more taxes


Alan Parsons is coming to Powers

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Alan Parsons will come to Powers Auditorium for a Nov. 10 concert.


Poland gets walk off win to open World Series

Poland’s first outing at the Junior League World Series on Sunday proved to be dicier than expected.


Pymatuning Lake Fest will return

Staff report ANDOVER Pymatuning Lake Fest, one of the biggest and longest-running festivals in


Poland woman wins award for poetry book

Staff report COLUMBUS Nin Andrews of Poland is the winner of the 2016 Ohioana Book Awards for


HBO’s film tracks the big donors to political campaigns

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK As she sat overlooking a hotel lobby in


Indians acquire Miller; Lucroy vetoes deal

Call it an All-Star split doubleheader


Scrappers lose in rain-shortend contest

The Scrappers lost to the Crosscutters 1-0 in a game that was shortened to five innings because of rain


Youngstown All-Stars rally after tourney loss.

After suffering their first tournament loss earlier in the day, the Youngstown All-Stars bounced back with a 12-8 decision over Butler to advance to the COLT 15U East Zone championship game today against North Allegheny McCandless


Canfield wins doubleheader for state title

George Beck was more than elated for the kids for winning yet another state title.


COURTS

COURTS TRUMBULL COUNTY Marriage licenses Raymond R. Fisher, 20, of 17550 Nash Road,


Company to start railroad operations

Company to start railroad operations CHARLESTON, W.Va. Trains will resume chugging along Norfolk


Retaking IS-held Mosul likely to be tricky, costly for Iraq

Associated Press BAGHDAD It promises to be the biggest and perhaps last major battle against the


Info sought in ‘12 homicide

Victim shot across street from his business


Couple takes interest in abandoned North Side cemetery

By AMANDA TONOLI atonoli@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Inaccurate records have led a Boardman couple to


Boardman schools Superintendent retires after 44 years with the district

Boardman schools Superintendent Frank Lazzeri reflects on 44-year career


Ritchie’s late run sends Knightline to World Series

Bryce Ritchie’s single scored Jake Kaschak with the go-ahead run in the sixth inning


The top five global concerts, ranked by average box-office gross per city. Includes the average

The top five global concerts, ranked by average box-office gross per city. Includes the average


Agenda Tuesday

Agenda Tuesday Youngstown Design Review Committee, 9 a.m., council caucus, sixth floor, city


‘Bourne’ tops box office; ‘Bad Moms’ scores

‘Bourne’ tops box office; ‘Bad Moms’ scores LOS ANGELES Between the return of Matt Damon as


Pope to let justice take its course on allegations

Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE Pope Francis told reporters Sunday he won’t address


Black Lives Matter supporters seek backing from other minorities

Associated Press NEW YORK The latest deaths of black people at the hands of police led Jaime


$487M Powerball ticket sold in small town in New Hampshire

Associated Press RAYMOND, N.H. Folks in New Hampshire are eager to learn who among them holds


Bookstore upgrade

Bookstore upgrade YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State University officials are expected to announce this


BirthS

BirthS St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Ariana and Jamaur Brown, Warren, boy, July 30. Rebecka


Judge mulling LGBT law has big-business pedigree

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. The fate of the North Carolina law governing transgender restroom


Joel, a Boardman High School graduate, has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

His Boardman High School friends organized the fundraiser


Campbell car crash

Campbell car crash CAMPBELL Fourth Ward Councilwoman Juanita Rich pulled a toddler out of a car


NTSB: Balloon struck power lines before crash

Associated Press LOCKHART, TEXAS A hot-air balloon made contact with high-tension power lines


Trump backers claim shift in his immigration rhetoric

Associated Press CLEVELAND As he turns his attention to the general election, Donald Trump is


Congress must muster up political will to act on Zika

Editorial: Three weeks ago in this space, we forcefully chastised the U.S. Congress for its failure to act on a


ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH Woman drives for days with hubby’s body in coffin KETCHIKAN, Alaska An Alaska


Black voters matter

Opinion: By Solomon Jones Philadelphia Daily News It was day one of the Democratic National Convention,


The ‘golden years’ lack luster

Opinion: By Richard C. GROSS The Baltimore Sun As his ailments piled up on the approach to his final age


Jimmy Walker wins PGA Championship

It was a long road to his first major for the 37-year-old American, and it ended with a marathon


ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH Man leads police on chase due to boredom OLYMPIA, Wash. Sheriff’s officials say


Today is Monday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2016. There are 152 days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2016. There are 152 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


Young lifers deserve second chance

Opinion: By Jody Kent Lavy Tribune News Service The men – some just teenagers, others in their early 60s


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