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John McLaughlin, host of confrontational TV show, dead at 89

John McLaughlin, host of confrontational TV show, dead at 89


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Denver Sen. Cory Gardner backs Trump

Sen. Cory Gardner backs Trump


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Congress receives FBI notes from Clinton interview

Congress receives FBI notes from Clinton interview


College gets $7M for arts, economics, experiential learning

College gets $7M for arts, economics, experiential learning


VINDY POLLING NOW | Speed cameras, Mall shopping, and Bolt/Phelps

We have some new questions we'd like your opinion on.


UPDATE | Pa. attorney general resigns

Pa. attorney general resigns


House Republicans receive FBI notes from Clinton interview

House Republicans receive FBI notes from Clinton interview


RIO OLYMPICS | Biles wins 4th gold in floor exercise

RIO OLYMPICS | Biles wins 4th gold in floor exercise


UPDATE | Death toll rises to 10 in La. floods, 40K homes damaged

Death toll rises to 10 in La. floods, 40K homes damaged


Cleveland investigating officer striking handcuffed woman

Cleveland investigating officer striking handcuffed woman


TSO returns to the Covelli Nov. 17

TSO returns to the Covelli Nov. 17


Police investigate possible poisoning

Police investigate possible poisoning


Sheriff: Fla. man kills couple, tries to bite face off man

Sheriff: Fla. man kills couple, tries to bite face off man


Pa. governor urges top prosecutor to resign

Pa. governor urges top prosecutor to resign


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Clinton taps ex-Interior chief for transition

Clinton taps ex-Interior chief for transition


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Trump to meet with law enforcement in Milwaukee

Trump to meet with law enforcement in Milwaukee


Ohio workers escape from dangling high-rise scaffolding

Ohio workers escape from dangling high-rise scaffolding


Free book bag giveaway is Saturday in Girard

Free book bag giveaway is Saturday in Girard


Austintown police arrest Youngstown man on drug-related charges

Austintown police arrest Youngstown man on drug-related charges


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Trump agriculture committee includes Nebraska Republicans

Trump agriculture committee includes Nebraska Republicans


Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria

Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria


Financial adviser in Ohio charged with stealing more than $500K

Financial adviser in Ohio charged with stealing more than $500K


Columbiana County Board of Elections meets Wednesday afternoon

Columbiana County Board of Elections meets Wednesday afternoon


Lockup List Tuesday — Mahoning County jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff Activity.


Do you want to be a Salem school board member?

Do you want to be a Salem school board member?


Commercial Metal Forming sales to go through today

Commercial Metal Forming sales to go through today


La. officials confirm 8th death from floods

La. officials confirm 8th death from floods


New York City settles fatal police shooting lawsuit for $4M

New York City settles fatal police shooting lawsuit for $4M


Good Samaritan killed after helping pull SUV from ditch

Good Samaritan killed after helping pull SUV from ditch


Man charged in slaying of NYC imam, friend; motive unclear

Man charged in slaying of NYC imam, friend; motive unclear


Today's Austintown bus driver training location moved

Today's Austintown bus driver training location moved


UPDATE | Power restored for 1,900 OE customers

Power restored for 1,900 OE customers


REUNIONS

Austintown Fitch High School Class of 1966 will celebrate its 50th reunion Sept. 1 through 4. There


Fundraiser set for Animal Charity

Fundraiser set for Animal Charity YOUNGSTOWN Cricket’s, 1733 E. Midlothian Blvd., will host a


Youngstown firefighters battled blazes on South Side

Youngstown firefighters battled blazes on South Side


Classes to improve English-language skills begins Sept. 7 at English Center

Classes to improve English-language skills begins Sept. 7 at English Center


Ohio Edison working to restore power to 1,900 customers

Ohio Edison working to restore power to 1,900 customers


Women inmates at Warren's NEOCAP moved to Painesville

Women inmates at Warren's NEOCAP moved to Paineville


Palestinians: Dozens wounded in clashes with Israeli troops

Palestinians: Dozens wounded in clashes with Israeli troops


Documentary show set on slain Ohio woman’s birthday

Documentary show set on slain Ohio woman’s birthday


Flood-risk management meeting at 1:30 p.m. today in Lowellville

Flood-risk management meeting at 1:30 p.m. today in Lowellville


Old and new combine to win scramble

Greatest Golf week is under way


TIES THAT BIND

Longtime friends team up to win scramble

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Browns’ Gordon returns to field

Receiver practices for first time in 20 months


Fitch grad off to coach in Ind.

Hyden takes over Earlham College program


Miller’s super dive costs Felix a record 5th gold

Brazilian pole vaulter sets record


Red Sox’s Ortiz homers to beat Indians

Boston slugger bid farewell to Progressive Field with a game-changing hit


Poland school board acts on insurance and staffing

Poland school board acts on insurance and staffing


Glenwood plaza fire ruled arson

Fire was set in four different locations


Why did Trump choose Youngstown?

Opinion: Many possible explanations for Trump coming to town to discuss his world view


Youngstown council will consider a law prohibiting people from blocking sidewalks, streets and public places

It’s a scaled-down version of an anti-loitering ordinance


Making Kids Count focuses on compassion, care

The nonprofit group distributed food to 20 needy families in the Boardman area on Monday


Guns and drugs yield 4 1/2-year prison term

Shun Moreland was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on gun and drug charges.


Republican Donald Trump stretched the truth during his Youngstown speech

Some of Trump’s claims have already been shown to be false


Donald Trump called for an immigration policy to ‘only admit into this country those who share our values’

During his speech in Youngstown, the Republican presidential nominee said he rejects bigotry and oppression in all its forms

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Let nations bid to host Olympics

Opinion: By Whitt Flora Tribune News Service It would be very wrong to diminish the majesty and


Austintown Fitch hires baseball coach

Austintown Fitch hires baseball coach AUSTINTOWN Austintown School District hired a new


Sauers wins US Senior Open title

Jimenez collapsed in final round


49ers lose Lewis after knee injury

Gabbert, Kaepernick are competing to start


Select permanent Olympic sites

Opinion: By Tim Wendel Tribune News Service The Olympics are in need of a financial intervention. While


US paid ransom to Iran

Opinion: You’ve probably heard the very old riddle: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. An updated


Police: Man caught dumping tires had crack cocaine

Two others arraigned on felony drug charges


Internship program helps Ohio companies expand their exporting business

Internship program helps Ohio companies expand their exporting business


Hotels in 10 states, DC may have been hit by hackers

Associated Press NEW YORK An undisclosed number of people who used credit cards at 20 Hyatt,


Mahoning Valley supporters dig in with Trump campaign

The audience inside Kilcawley loves Donald Trump while others across campus and across town oppose him


Man identified

Man identified YOUNGSTOWN The man who was found slain in a fruit cellar Friday has been


Biles slips to bronze medal

USA teammate Hernandez earned silver on beam


Austintown police make weekend drug arrests

Austintown cops seize marijuana, heroin and cocaine over the weekend


Records in Vienna dog-shooting case removed from public view

Judge Jeffrey Adler of Girard Municipal Court has sealed the records in the criminal case


Agenda Wednesday

Agenda Wednesday Greater Girard Area Chamber of Commerce, 6 p.m., Girard Free Library, 105 E.


Serena withdraws from W&S Open

Injured shoulder is reason


Trumbull commissioners expected to hire Pepper Pike man as county HR director

The Trumbull County commissioners are likely to vote to hire Richard Jackson of Pepper Pike as county human resources director


Larosa to appear in adult courtroom

Larosa to appear in adult courtroom WARREN On Friday, Jacob Larosa, 16, will make his first


MetroParks board tables measure to strip park director of some authority

MetroParks board tables measure to strip park director of some authority


Former Warren man tied to young Warren woman’s death gets 21 years in federal prison

James E. Brooks, accused in the death of a young Warren woman last year, sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for federal drug and firearm crimes.


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Michael and Jessica Provenzale, Canfield, girl, Aug.


Dakota Access pipeline owners sue protesters

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in


‘Act of God’: Ruinous flooding catches Louisiana off guard

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, LA. An act of God is how some are describing it, a catastrophic


Pa. attorney general guilty in perjury case

Associated Press NORRISTOWN, PA. The state’s attorney general was convicted Monday of all nine


Did Bolt’s Olympic dash trigger scare at JFK airport?

Did Bolt’s Olympic dash trigger scare at JFK airport? NEW YORK Did boisterous celebrations over


Police chief surprised by violence after black officer killed black man

Associated Press MILWAUKEE After a night of violence that left half a dozen businesses in


BUSINESS DIGEST ||

Ribbon-cutting event AUSTINTOWN The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-


Court rejects Cosby’s attempt to reseal testimony on affairs

Court rejects Cosby’s attempt to reseal testimony on affairs PHILADELPHIA A federal appeals


Calif. governor declares state of emergency

Associated Press LOWER LAKE, CALIF. California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of


Imam shooting suspect arrested on murder charge

Associated Press NEW YORK A man suspected in the fatal shooting of an imam and his friend as


Biden: Trump is ‘thoroughly unqualified’ for presidency

Associated Press SCRANTON, PA. Vice President Joe Biden assailed Donald Trump’s ability to lead


‘Islam for Dummies’: IS recruits have poor understanding of faith

Associated Press PARIS The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to


TV & RADIO

TV & RADIO TODAY 8 a.m. (NBCSN) Olympics: Canoe/kayak; track and field; swimming (open water).


NASA: July ’16 was Earth’s hottest in recorded history

Associated Press WASHINGTON Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history,


Yellow mustard stops cramps instantly

Q. I’ve heard on your radio program that yellow mustard will stop leg cramps. I get cramps


‘The Nightly Show’ is signing off

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry


The colorful crew of “Suicide Squad” got duller the second weekend in theaters, with

The colorful crew of “Suicide Squad” got duller the second weekend in theaters, with audiences


ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH Heck, yeah! Rednecks hold their Summer Games HEBRON, Maine There were no world-


Sharon regional doctors

Sharon regional doctors HERMITAGE, PA. On Aug. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Diagnostic & Imaging


Depressing GENES

By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK In a key advance for the study of depression, a


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YEARS AGO

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 16, the 229th day of 2016. There are 137 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


Steelers’ Harrison: PED probe ‘done deal’

Linebacker says no interview with league is scheduled


Strickland lowers himself with remark about Scalia

Editorial: Other than his immediate apology, Ted Strickland showed himself to be no better than Donald Trump


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