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Stories published August 22, 2016

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

Youngs sets South Range record

Junior scores six goals


Scrappers snap skid

Spikes fall, 4-2


Chair lift coming to Boardman Center Intermediate School

Chair lift coming to Boardman Center Intermediate School


Ex-Mayor Jay Williams to headline 1st event of Valley's City Club

Ex-Mayor Jay Williams to headline 1st event of Valley's City Club


Decrease in Mahoning County juvenile commitments adds up to more state funding

Decrease in Mahoning County juvenile commitments adds up to increase in state funding


Pirates fall to Astros

Hernandez homers for Houston


Mahoning Valley joins to commemorate falled Austintown firefighter

Mahoning Valley joins to commemorate fallen Austintown firefighter


YSU to help city of Youngstown secure grant funding

YSU to help city of Youngstown secure grant funding


2 of 5 men charged in Ohio Turnpike credit-card scheme plead guilty

2 of 5 men charged with Ohio Turnpike credit-card scheme plead guilty


Youngstown schools CEO sets high standards for students, employees

Youngstown schools CEO sets high standards for students, employees


Counterfeit pain pills likely came to Prince illegally

Counterfeit pain pills likely came to Prince illegally


Texas judge temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules

Texas judge temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules


Mahoning OVI checkpoint scheduled for this weekend

Mahoning OVI checkpoint scheduled for this weekend


Fundraiser set Tuesday at Longhorn in Boardman benefits Akron Children's Hospital

Dining for Dollars fundraiser Tuesday at Longhorn in Boardman benefits Akron Children's Hospital


Anti-abortion leader’s role on Ohio medical board questioned

Anti-abortion leader’s role on Ohio medical board questioned


Michigan couple weds to sweet sound of tornado sirens

Michigan couple weds to sweet sound of tornado sirens


Police: Ohio cop kills suspect holding pharmacist at knifepoint

Police: Cop kills suspect holding pharmacist at knifepoint


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Are you ready for football? Blitz Live starts Friday

Blitz Live is the newest interactive high school football radio show in the Valley.


Lockup List Monday – Mahoning County jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity.


Burglary reported in Liberty

Burglary reported in Liberty


Pair plead to fraud charges; await sentencing

Pair plead to fraud charges; await sentencing


Man arrested for DUI, marijuana

Man arrested for DUI, marijuana


CITY SCHOOLS | Mohip orders staff to keep hourly attendance totals

Teachers, administrators and staff greeted students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School with cheers this morning as school opened for the 2016-17 year.


Police yet to ID woman who died at Porter Street Northeast apartment

Police yet to ID woman who died at Porter Street Northeast apartment


Additive-manufacturing study shows what’s necessary to unlock potential

A study of Northeast Ohio’s additive manufacturing assets shows what it will take to make the $7 billion industry a more meaningful part of the economy.


Vacant house fire was intentionally set: officials

Vacant house fire was intentionally set: officials


Man claims he was shot by would-be robber

Man claims he was shot by would-be robber


Jerry Sandusky’s appeals hearing on sex conviction continues

Jerry Sandusky’s appeals hearing on sex conviction continues


Kip Moore coming to Packard hall

Kip Moore coming to Packard hall


WORTH A LOOK

CRAFT SHOWS Christ Community Church, 531 Neoka Drive, Campbell, will have a fall craft show from


PRESIDENTIAL RACE | Trump says he’s not flip-flopping on immigration

Trump says he’s not flip-flopping on immigration


Investigators seek cause of Portland Avenue house fire

Investigators seek cause of Portland Avenue house fire


Pair will be arraigned today after downtown Warren disturbances

Pair will be arraigned today after downtown Warren disturbances


Two men to be arraigned today after weekend chases

Two men to be arraigned today after weekend chases


Photo contest deadline nears

Photo contest deadline nears NEW CASTLE, PA. Amateur photographers are invited to display


Kearney recounts career for Warren HOF guests

Capers, Saban tales revealed


Players’ prayers

By SEAN BARRON news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Raymond Shaw is hoping his football team will gain


CVB trade show trips approved

The Mahoning County commissioners approved CVB 2017 trips to travel industry trade shows in Cleveland and Columbus.


US men rout Serbia for gold medal

Basketball streak grows to three


Restoration of courthouse is nearly finished

$6 million, two-year restoration of the 1911-vintage Mahoning County Courthouse likely will be completed by Oct. 31


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ACING THEIR FINALS

Penguins Pluchinsky, Barchetti roll to titles in top two divisions


Ramirez’s 2-run homer in eighth lifts Indians

Cleveland takes weekend series


Youngstown, Boardman collaboration hosts school supplies giveaway

Youngstown, Boardman collaboration hosts school supplies giveaway


Learning loses when schools are threatened

By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS The prosecutor calls it “bomb week,” his shorthand


Congress must no longer derail train-safety angst

Editorial: A troubling report from the federal government released last week reveals a dangerously poor track


Rural church aids flood victims

Associated Press WALKER, La. Outside the small town of Walker, La., a rural Baptist church has


‘The spirit of our Valley’

By BOB JACKSON news@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Getting into a fight wasn’t exactly what Chrissie


It takes a little extra to be the Greatest

By Greg Gulas sports@vindy.com POLAND A better script could not have been written for the


SPORTS digest

Richner, Schneider win at speedway HARTFORD Rick Richner, Chris Schneider, Jacob Rucker, Rocky


Associated Press

Associated Press CHICAGO Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to


2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS Results from the final day’s events in Rio

VOLLEYBALL Brazil defeats Italy for gold medal RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s volleyball team won


UNDERSEA SUCCESS

Tribune News Service There are peculiar stone structures in the shape of sharks throughout the


Assange should not get a pass

Opinion: By Solomon Jones Philadelphia Daily News As Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has granted


Team USA easily wins medal race

Americans won 121 medals


YEARS AGO

Today is Monday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2016. There are 131 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


ON THE LINKS | Sunday’s golf results

PGA Tour GREENSBORO, N.C. Si Woo Kim had a productive week at the Wyndham Championship. He


Video Game Review

“No Man’s Sky” Grade: two stars out of four Details: Hello Games; PC or PS4; $59.99 If


COMING TOMORROW

COMING TOMORROW FDA approves first dissolving stent for US patients. Health


2016 farmers National bank greatest golfer OF THE VALLEY Finals scores

SUNDAY at the Lake Club in Poland MEN OPEN Brandon Pluchinsky* 66-71-73 —210 Joey


Agenda Tuesday

Agenda Tuesday Mahoning County Commissioners, 10 a.m., commissioners’ hearing room, Mahoning


Oddly enough

Oddly enough Chinese tourist ends up in German refugee home BERLIN A Chinese tourist who lost


Cops find suspected crack in bra

Officers initiated a traffic stop after a car failed to use its turn signal going from Hillman Street to Cleveland Street.


AUTO RACING

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Sunday’s Results At Bristol


The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box-office gross per city and includes the

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box-office gross per city and includes the


Harvick weathers delays to win at Bristol

Kevin Harvick wasn’t worried about his poor qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway.


Alabama keeps rolling

Tide is No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25 poll


TV & RADIO

TV & RADIO TODAY 11 a.m. (ESPN) Baseball: Little League World Series consolation game. 1 p.m.


High School

WEEKEND RESULTS GIRLS GOLF STRUTHERS 196, CHAMPION 238 At Knoll Run Golf Course Struthers


Trump couldn’t pass test

Opinion: By Fabiola Santiago Miami Herald Losing in the polls by widening margins – his unhinged behavior


Obama returning for busy fall season

Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. President Barack Obama is returning from vacation rested and


Fire in Howland

Fire in Howland HOWLAND A fire on Anderson Avenue required the efforts of six fire departments


Surplus food/clothing

Surplus food/clothing Alpha and Omega First Baptist Church, 3120 Winton Ave., Youngstown, lunch,


Officials: Trump getting back on track

Associated Press WASHINGTON After a tumultuous stretch of gaffes and falling poll numbers for


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital JonPaul and Kathleen Aspiranti, Canfield, girl, Aug. 20


Clinton campaign halfway to $1B mark

Associated Press PROVINCETOWN, Mass. Hillary Clinton’s campaign is halfway to its goal of


Fire fighters buried a family dog after Vienna house fire

A house fire on Niles-Vienna road resulted in the loss of two pets


Police chase stemmed from failure to signal

A man who failed to use his turn signal led officers on a foot chase Sunday morning


Car slams into crowd at concert in Ohio, injuring 9

Car slams into crowd at concert in Ohio, injuring 9 PARMA HEIGHTS A car slammed into a crowd at


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