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Warren cops shut down bike club in wake of killing

A large group of law-enforcement officers armed with a battering ram and body armor busted open a reinforced back door to the Forever Two Wheels motorcycle “gang” clubhouse Friday morning to remove anyone inside and board up the building.


Brexit may have little impact on US, experts say

As analysts around the world unleashed apocalyptic predictions Friday after Great Britain’s unprecedented decision to leave the European Union, economists and finance experts close to the Mahoning Valley offered a more-optimistic outlook.


Ohio oil/gas production hits expected slowdown

The state’s oil and natural-gas production has hit a much-expected slowdown.


Warren shootings are murder, suicide, police say

Police said a man shot and killed his girlfriend at her house on Hamilton Street Southwest about noon Friday, then fled to a nearby vacant house on Austin Avenue and killed himself when confronted by officers.


Anti-fracking advocates to announce another ballot effort Monday

The third time wasn’t the charm. Neither was the fourth or fifth.


Valley kids get glimpse of astronaut fitness demands at library program

Children learned what it takes to maintain astronaut health and fitness during many months in the weightless environment of space in a Friday public library-sponsored program.


Mooney president returning to parish ministry

The Rev. Gerald DeLucia, Cardinal Mooney High School president, is leaving his position to return full time to parish ministry.


Greatest Golfer scores from Tam O'Shanter

Scores from today's event


Longtime Ohio newspaper publisher John F. Wolfe dies at 72

Longtime Ohio newspaper publisher John F. Wolfe dies at 72


DOW PLUNGE | Dow ends day dropping more than 600 points

DOW PLUNGE | Dow ends day dropping more than 600 points


Man pleads guilty to 2 child rape counts in western Ohio

Man pleads guilty to 2 child rape counts in western Ohio


EU REAX | Pro-EU Scots, Northern Irish eye UK escape after Brexit vote

EU REAX | Pro-EU Scots, Northern Irish eye UK escape after Brexit vote


DOW PLUNGE | Stocks continue falling due to UK break from EU

DOW PLUNGE | Stocks continue falling due to UK break from EU


Youngstown police cite 2 for smoking pot, drinking downtown

Youngstown police cite 2 for smoking pot, drinking downtown


Pa. cops unsure if 2 found dead were only people in house

Pa. cops unsure if 2 found dead were only people in house


Committee tries for sixth time to ban shale gas development in the city

Committee tries for sixth time to ban shale gas development in the city


W.Va. sheriff describes 'complete chaos' from floods; 7 deaths

W.Va. sheriff describes 'complete chaos' from floods; 7 deaths


After ad, dad interviews potential wives for 48-year-old son

After ad, dad interviews potential wives for 48-year-old son


Murray Energy strikes 5-year agreement with coal miner union

Murray Energy strikes 5-year agreement with coal miner union


Lucas Museum drops Chicago, turns sights to Calif.

Lucas Museum drops Chicago, turns sights to Calif.


Officials: No evidence Orlando gunman was gay

Officials: No evidence Orlando gunman was gay


DOW PLUNGE | Stocks, pound plunge after British vote

DOW PLUNGE | Stocks, pound plunge after British vote


DOW PLUNGE | Dow Jones down more than 460 points near noon

DOW PLUNGE | Dow Jones down more than 460 points near noon


EU REAX | Turkish minister says Brexit sign of EU failures

EU REAX | Turkish minister says Brexit sign of EU failures


EU REAX | British PM Cameron to resign

EU REAX | British PM Cameron to resign


EU REAX | Donald Trump, in Scotland, links Brexit vote to his campaign

EU REAX | Donald Trump, in Scotland, links Brexit vote to his campaign


Youngstown woman arrested in Boardman on various charges

Youngstown woman arrested in Boardman on various charges


DOW PLUNGE | Global stocks tumble after Britain votes to leave the EU

DOW PLUNGE | Global stocks tumble after Britain votes to leave the EU


OVI checkpoint tonight on state Route 45 in Columbiana County

OVI checkpoiint tonight on state Route 45 in Columbiana County


Police shutting down the Forever Two Wheels clubhouse

Police shutting down the Forever Two Wheels clubhouse


EU REAX | Obama says US respects UK decision to leave EU

EU REAX | Obama says US respects UK decision to leave EU


DOW PLUNGE | Dow opens down more 500 points in wake of UK vote

DOW PLUNGE: Dow opens down more than 500 points


Man loses part of hand when dynamite explodes

Man loses part of hand when dynamite explodes


Mom who killed kids in reincarnation case gets life

Mom who killed kids in reincarnation case gets life


Community kitchen to open end of June

Community kitchen to open end of June YOUNGSTOWN Skip Barone, a native of Struthers and resident

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Warren man pleads guilty to child-porn charges, faces 200 years in prison

Warren man pleads guilty to child-porn charges, faces 200 years in prison


CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. July 11 at the Embassy Banquet Center, 5030


Brits' vote to leave EU causing shock waves to markets, similar calls across Europe

Analysts are cutting their estimates for Britain’s economic growth after the country voted to leave the European Union, ushering in a period of high uncertainty that is likely to shake businesses, consumers and markets for some time.


Akron site of latest celebration for LeBron, Cavs

LeBron James was celebrated as a hometown hero on Thursday night in Akron.


Rep. Ryan: Sit-in over gun control could occur again in July

Rep. Bill Johnson called the Democrats who participated in the sit-in ‘petulant children’


Teen who worked in Mahoning treasurer's office indicted for third time

A summer helper in the county treasurer’s office was indicted for dishonesty for the third time Thursday.


Moldovan wins AJGA

To say Maxwell Moldovan, a Uniontown native, got the hang of Mill Creek Golf Course “pretty well” over the past few days would be an understatement.


Ohio Thunder cruises at Cene

The Bob Cene Tournament began Thursday.


Youngstown anti-loitering bill cleared for vote in mid-July

Council is prepared to vote on it at its July 13 meeting


New YSU baseball coach plans to mine local talent

Poland High graduate Dan Bertolini is the Penguins’ new coach.


Warren biker club targeted for closing after fatal gunfight

Warren’s law department alleges clubhouse has been used to ‘convene, plan, organize and mastermind gang activities’


Struthers council approves ordinance regulating tethering of dogs

Animal rights activists have lobbied several local communities on the issue


Terrorist concerns grow as Olympics draw near

The head of Brazil’s intelligence agency in Rio de Janeiro says many countries are voicing concern about security.


Federal suit claims Chevrolet falsely and deceptively marketed its Cruze Diesel as a “clean vehicle”

Federal suit claims Chevrolet falsely and deceptively marketed its Cruze Diesel as a “clean vehicle”


Heinbaugh, Vitoli win NOPGA tournament

Heinbaugh, Vitoli win NOPGA tournament NEWBURY TOWNSHIP Youngstown native Sydney Heinbaugh and


Mixer toasts July 1 launch date of daily direct flights to Chicago

The airline’s new logo, Great Lakes Jet Express was unveiled Thursday .


Fowler Ford Openhouse flashes back to the late 19th century

Newspaper enthusiasts can go back in time without the use of a time machine by stepping through the doorway of the 1865 Mahoning Dispatch Museum


Poll: Ohio residents split on transgender bathroom issue

Voters in Florida and Pennsylvania are also split on the issue, the poll shows


Led Zeppelin didn’t steal ‘Stairway’ riff, lawsuit jury finds

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from an obscure


Inside the ropes WITH …

Inside the ropes WITH … Jason Kokrak Thursday: The Warren JFK graduate, fresh off his second


Commencement scheduled for GED recipients

Commencement for GED recipients set for Tuesday


METRO DIGEST || Pet show for kids Sunday

Kids’ pet show Sunday BOARDMAN Boardman Kiwanis Club will host its annual Children’s Pet Show on


Canfield water tank coming soon

Water pressure and firefighting ability will be enhanced by the 500,000-gallon water supply tank.


Man gets probation for having guns on New Year’s Eve

Prohibited from having guns, police found three on him


Judge rules Heltzel mentally ill, places him in state facility

Heltzel choked and stabbed Milton Grumbling III, then beat him with a television remote control


Ohio, Struthers law do not seem to support mayor’s claim

Struthers mayor suggested council could not legally override his veto at meeting this week.


Boardman school officials break ground for new bandshell

Tom Ruggieri, Boardman High School band director, conducts marching band students as they perform the school’s fight song and celebrate the Thursday groundbreaking for the new “Home of the Spartans” bandshell at Spartan Stadium.


Austintown Community Briefs

Dog social event Pawz 2 Adopt is hosing a “Yappy Hour” on June 25 at the Austintown Quaker Steak &


Youngstown board signs deal to demolish the remaining buildings at the Wick Six location

Six structures will be demolished and have asbestos removed


Akron prepares to host cat show

Akron Beacon Journal AKRON These are not your typical household cats. For one, they like


Defendant has till Tuesday to make up his mind in drug case

Offered seven year sentence with four years mandatory


Sex criminals plead guilty

Prison is recommended for two Campbell men who’ve pleaded guilty to sex crimes.


Sanders deserves praise

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service Thanks, Bernie! Your campaign was a long shot from the


CVMS band students perform concert

By ABBY SLANKER neighbors@vindy.com The Canfield Village Middle School fifth- and sixth-grade

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Canfield Community Briefs

Chicken dinner to be July 7 Western Reserve United Methodist Church, located at 4580 Canfield Road


Republicans, Democrats brace for long battle on gun control; little agreement on legislation

Opinion: Gun control – more specifically what kind of guns can be sold, who can get them and the process for


Philly can’t pass on Simmons

The 76ers selected Simmons with the No. 1 pick Thursday night in the draft that opened with three straight freshmen.


Surplus food

Surplus food Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., Youngstown, various commodities, 10 a.m.


Judge denies request in trooper ambush

Judge denies request in trooper ambush MILFORD, PA. A Pennsylvania judge has denied a pair of


Local athlete shows off skills in Rome

Youngstown and Boardman native Michael Mannozzi earned his ticket to Rome to compete in the World

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Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Kelly Joyce and Matthew Zuppo, Youngstown, boy, June 22.


Agenda Saturday

Agenda Saturday McDonald school board, special meeting, 1 p.m., high school library, 600 Iowa


Man gets five years total in two separate drug cases

Was on house arrest for first case when arrested in second


Overdose deaths overwhelm ME, coroner offices

Associated Press HARTFORD, CONN. Soaring numbers of overdose deaths are adding to woes already


Supreme Court tie blocks immigration plan by Obama

Associated Press WASHINGTON The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday on President Barack Obama’s


Judge scraps Cleveland’s protest rules for event

Associated Press CLEVELAND A federal judge Thursday ruled that Cleveland’s regulations governing


After officer’s acquittal, residents negotiate hope for change in city

Associated Press BALTIMORE It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case: The 25-year-old black


Sanders: Revolution is ‘just getting started’

Associated Press NEW YORK Bernie Sanders told a roaring crowd of supporters Thursday that his


Multiple charges

Multiple charges YOUNGSTOWN A Market Street man is in the Mahoning County jail after witnesses


Tamir Rice estate requests approval of $5.5M settlement

Associated Press CLEVELAND The estate of Tamir Rice has requested that a Cuyahoga County


Two indicted for West Side bank robbery

Were caught in West Virginia


COG study reveals extent of driving while distracted

Editorial: An enlightening yet dis- turbing study from the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments puts into


Rahm handles delay for early National lead

Jon Rahm shot a 7-under 64 on Thursday at Congressional to take the first-round lead in the Quicken Loans National.


Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks: v Steel Valley Supernationals, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Thousands of hot


American likely to be top draft pick

The Toronto Maple Leafs have the top pickl in the NHL draft.


YEARS AGO

Today is Friday, June 24, the 176th day of 2016. There are 190 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED


Senators: Cable-TV users not refunded for overcharges

Associated Press WASHINGTON A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday


COMING TOMORROW

COMING TOMORROW Look for a review of the movie “Independence Day: Resurgence.”


Pittsburgh’s giant slide continues

With or without Andrew McCutchen in the lineup, the Pittsburgh Pirates are at a loss this month.


Scrappers can’t keep lead against ’Cutters

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers lost a one-run lead in the ninth inning Thursday night and lost the game in the 10th to the Williamsport Crosscutters.


What’s in a name for the new Las Vegas NHL team?

Sin City finally has its first major league sports team. Now the question is what to call it.


Danielle Cuba | Eric Flaherty

Danielle Cuba of Poland and Eric Flaherty of Struthers were married April 16 at Good Hope Lutheran


Ashley Orr, Daniel Catello will marry

Ashley Orr of Youngstown and Daniel Catello of Kent, Ohio, are engaged and planning to be married.


Jenna Hamrock v Lawrence Sammartino

The wedding of Jenna Hamrock of Poland and Lawrence Sammartino of Boardman took place July 18, 2015,


June 9

June 9 Theft: An Erskine Avenue man reported $10 and a coin holder containing $20 worth of coins


Boardman Community Briefs

Boardman Park to host military bands The Green Oasis of Boardman Park will host The 122nd Ohio


Students receive end of the year sweet treats

Austintown Intermediate School recognized the students in fifth grade at the Fifth-Grade Farewell ceremony on May 20 at Austintown Fitch High School.

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Local celebrities serve for a cause

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com The Austintown Buffalo Wild Wings hosted the

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Emily Frank to be bride of Brandon Rader

James and Melissa Frank and David and Colleen Rader are announcing the engagement of their children,


Children learn about choosing a career path

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Austintown Middle School’s annual Career Day was

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Regina DeLaratta v Dr. Jarek Esarco

The wedding of Regina DeLaratta and Dr. Jarek Esarco took place at 2 p.m. Jan. 30 at St. Dominic


Boardman School Board approves new Director of Operations

On May 23, the Boardman School Board unanimously approved longtime Boardman Coordinator of Special

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Kennedy’s Crepes is sweet success at Relay

Kennedy Furano is a seventh-grade student at Glenwood Middle School.

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Students display talents at annual event

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Boardman High School art students hosted their

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June 6

June 6 Lost or stolen property: A wallet was reported missing at Regal Cinema, 6020 Mahoning Ave.


Boardman Baby boutique benefits families

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Boardman Park hosted the 12th biannual Baby

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Boardman Sports Briefs

Neighbors wants summer sports news Summer sports have begun and Neighbors wants to be there every


Dinner honors Mike, Jan Giba 50th anniversary

Mike and Jan Giba of Columbiana, formerly of Boardman, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary


Idiom Day was the icing on the cake

Canfield Village Middle School fifth-grade students celebrated Idiom Day on May 20.

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Historical society learns about Civil War medicine

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com The Poland Historical Society welcomed Cassie

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Poland Community Briefs

Yoga class Friends of PLYMC is sponsoring a yoga class every Wednesday in July in the Poland


June 7

June 7 Theft: A laptop computer and a backpack were removed from a vehicle in the 3800 block of


Canfield Fourth of July Committee announces 2016 festivities schedule

The Canfield Fourth of July Committee is excited to announce the schedule for this year’s

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Union Students become firemen for a day

Students at Union Elementary had the opportunity to visit the Poland Fire Department on May 21.

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One Octave Higher Ensemble receives Superior rating at state competition

The Canfield High School’s One Octave Higher female ensemble choir traveled to Highland High School

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June 3

June 3 Drug abuse: Police arrested Colt Koellner, 32, of Akron-Canfield Road, Canfield, on a drug-


Students take on different professions for a day

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Students at Dobbins and Union Elementary

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Austintown Sports Briefs

Seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball camp Volleyball camp will be from June 29 until July 1 for


CHS senior receives NHS Leadership in Service Award

On April 21, Canfield High School hosted a National Honor Society induction ceremony. After the

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Hands-on activities engage Dobbins students

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Dobbins Elementary students got to explore the

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