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6-part series will address 60 bills Ohio legislature passed before recess

The eyes of the nation were on Ohio back in March, when Gov. John Kasich won his home state presidential primary.


Niles mayor sticks with in-house tax collections for another year

Mayor Thomas Scarnecchia says he is not ready to outsource the city income-tax department to the Regional Income Tax Agency despite pressure on him to do so.


Youngstown schools' new CEO gets off to busy start

If people want to be part of the city school district and its improvement, they first have to believe that the students can succeed.


YNG expecting increased flight business during RNC

When the Republican National Convention comes to Cleveland July 18-21, 50,000 visitors are expected to flood Northeast Ohio from across the nation – and the world.


Indians win 12th straight

The Indians need one more win to match the longest winning streaks in franchise history.


Child abusers get full weight of Judge Krichbaum's disdain during sentencing

Two men received prison sentences in separate child-endangering cases in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.


Estate of late prof, wife to bring scholars, scholarships to YSU

A $1 million donation from a late professor’s estate will expand scholarships to draw humanities scholars to Youngstown State University.


Youngstown municipal golf course seeking beer license

If the city gets approval from the Ohio Division of Liquor Control, beer will be sold at the publicly owned Henry Stambaugh Golf Course on Gypsy Lane.


Biker charged in 2 Warren murders declining; 2 others wounded recovering

Two of the three men who survived a deadly June 18 gun fight among rival motorcycle clubs at Shorty’s Place bar in Warren Township appear to be recovering from their injuries.


Greatest Golfer scores from Mill Creek

Greatest Golfer scores from Mill Creek


Ohio Supreme Court refuses to hear Jacob Larosa appeal

Ohio Supreme Court refuses to hear Jacob Larosa appeal


I-80 accident in Girard closes lane, no injuries

I-80 accident in Girard closes lane, no injuries


Kordupel, Koehler winners at Mill Creek Greatest Golfer

Kordupel, Koehler winners at Mill Creek Greatest Golfer


Score a piece of history

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Liberty Township traffic-camera warning period began today

Liberty Township traffi- camera warning period began today


Beer could be sold at Youngstown's Stambaugh golf course

Beer could be sold at Youngstown's Stambaugh golf course


Michigan governor signs budget with $165M more for Flint

Michigan governor signs budget with $165M more for Flint


Court wrangling continues over Ohio drug-price ballot issue

Court wrangling continues over Ohio drug-price ballot issue


Authorities: 3 train workers in Texas wreck presumed dead

Authorities: 3 train workers in Texas wreck presumed dead


Canton man sentenced to 8 years for beating woman

Canton man sentenced to 8 years for beating woman


New Taco Bell location in Boardman to open this year

New Taco Bell location in Boardman to open this year


YSU receives $100K public-art project grant

YSU receives $100K public-art project grant


Niles school district to be released from fiscal watch

Niles school district to be released from fiscal watch


Men injured when Warren house is shot at

Men injured when Warren house is shot at


Toyota announces recalls for defective air bags, canisters

Toyota announces recalls for defective air bags, canisters


Chevrolet lowers 4G LTE data pricing up to 50 percent

Chevrolet lowers 4G LTE data pricing up to 50 percent


Canfield school board has special meeting Thursday

Canfield school board has special meeting Thursday


Ohio State band trainer gets prison time for sexual battery

Ohio State band trainer gets prison time for sexual battery


Man faces gun, drug charges after vice squad arrest

Man faces gun, drug charges after vice squad arrest


Coaches Burgers opens today in Boardman

Coaches Burgers opens today in Boardman


North American leaders confront rising tide of protectionism

North American leaders confront rising tide of protectionism


Chipotle adding chorizo to menu to win back customers

Chipotle adding chorizo to menu to win back customers


Boardman woman faces drug charges after traffic stop

Boardman woman faces drug charges after traffic stop


YSU announces 4th $1M gift in 2 months

YSU announces 4th $1M gift in 2 months


UPDATE | Mohip begins first day at helm of city schools

Krish Mohip begins his tenure today as the city schools chief executive officer.


Biden puts pressure on cancer researchers to speed progress

Biden puts pressure on cancer researchers to speed progress.


Opening statements underway in 2013 stabbing death case

Opening statements underway in 2013 stabbing death case


Woman gets defiant amid loud music. She also gets a ticket.

Woman gets defiant amid loud music. She also gets a ticket.


EU to Britain: No access to single market without migration

EU to Britain: No access to single market without migration


Markets Right Now: US stocks open broadly higher

Markets Right Now: US stocks open broadly higher


Police: Road rage or racing may have led to double-fatality

Police: Road rage or racing may have led to double-fatality


41 dead in Istanbul airport attack; Turkish govt blames ISIS

41 dead in Istanbul airport attack; Turkish govt blames ISIS


The Latest: West Texas train wreckage continues to smolder

The Latest: West Texas train wreckage continues to smolder.


Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist, dies at 84

Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's first guitarist, inspired a generation of musicians that included Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Bruce Springsteen


Church will sponsor ninth golf outing

Church will sponsor ninth golf outing LOWELLVILLE St. Patrick Church of Youngstown will sponsor


FOOD SALES AND DINNERS

THURSDAY VFW Col. Louis J. Campbell Post 3538, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers, will serve


Greatest Golfer of the Valley junior tee times

Today's tee times at Mill Creek.


McKenzie pitches Scrappers past Doubledays

Based on his mannerisms and his poise on the mound, it would be easy to mistake Triston McKenzie for a wily veteran.


Youngstown school board reappoints interim superintendent amid disagreement

The board unanimously approved its objection to the CEO being paid with district funds.


Infighting widens Trumbull GOP

The groups in the party accuse each other of holding an invalid meeting


Rio police seeking handouts for games

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Just weeks ahead of the Olympic Games, police helicopters are


Former YSU coach recalls friendship with Summitt

Ed DiGregorio and Pat Summitt were friends and coaching colleagues.


Youngstown Charter Review Commission received flak for ignoring mayoral term limit

The commission has six recommendations and expects to add one more


Marsh settling in as Anna Maria College baseball coach

The Amcats had just 17 players in 2016 and finished 9-28.


Community service focus of 11th annual Celebration of Scouting breakfast

Whispering Pines District Greater Western Reserve Council Boy Scouts of America hosts annual fundraiser


DiCioccio to be sent to secure nursing home

Defendant in 2007 group home homicide


Peace Race officials don’t fret doping

Youngstown 10k does not drug test racers


SPORTS DIGEST || Former Penguins set to compete for Rio

Former Penguins set to compete for Rio Former Youngstown State throwers Bobby Grace and Conner


Natale successor to serve 16 months as Warren auditor

The first chance for Warren voters to decide who they want to be auditor will be the November 2017 general election.


New film swings beyond troubled past Tarzan, revised

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES Tarzan may be among America’s classic fictional


Legendary coach Pat Summitt dies at 64

Pat Summitt put women’s basketball on her back, breaking down barriers with her indomitable spirit.


Connected Celebrate Social Media Day

Tomorrow is Social Media Day. Now in its seventh year, the annual celebration was created by


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A Taste of N’Awlns

Rolling, rolling, rolling... See those burgers rolling, now stop on by...


Supermax inmate sentenced after receiving drugs in the mail

One of three charged in case


Girard City Council OKs speed camera contract

The city will enter into a contract with Blue Line Solutions.


METRO DIGEST || Warren woman shoots self in breast

Shoots self in breast WARREN A woman, 20, of Milton Street Southeast, reported shooting herself


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Primanti Bros. serves up second location in Valley

Loni Capan, right, offers pizza to former boxing champion Ray Mancini at the opening of the new Primanti Bros. in Niles Tuesday evening.


Prosecutors recommend 5 years in Goshen meth lab case

Defendant has served several years in previous cases


Eleven in a row: Kluber, Indians just keep rolling

Corey Kluber insists no one in the Cleveland clubhouse is talking about the Indians’ longest winning streak in 34 years.


MAHONING COUNTY COURTS

COURTS MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Joshua M. Rouse, 24, of 361 Mathews Road, Boardman,


Judge says shooting like a ‘wild west’ movie

Man gets two years in prison


Boardman Trustees discuss Maple Avenue speeders and trucks

Boardman Trustees meeting discusses speeding ,trucks


Calling hours set

Calling hours set AUSTINTOWN Calling hours for 24-year veteran Austintown firefighter John Fritz


Architect of Bears’ legendary 46 defense dies

Buddy Ryan took a back seat to no one. Neither did his fierce defenses that won two Super Bowls.


Trump blasts trade deals

Associated Press MONESSEN, Pa. Donald Trump called for a new era of economic “Americanism”


Voters to decide about marijuana

Voters to decide about marijuana California voters will decide in November whether to legalize


NEWSMAKERS

NEWSMAKERS ‘Happy Birthday’ will be in public domain LOS ANGELES A judge has approved a


Leaders urge Britain to initiate exit plan

Associated Press BRUSSELS EU leaders pressed British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday for


Court leans left in term unsettled by Scalia’s death

Associated Press WASHINGTON Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death transformed the Supreme


Benghazi attacks In wake of report, Clinton says it’s ‘time to move on’

Associated Press DENVER Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the nation should move on after Republicans


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Peter and Mimi Vass, Youngstown, boy, June 27.


$4M Valley jobs grant proves Uncle Sam can spend wisely

Editorial: Over the years, many fed- erally funded projects have been deserved targets of derision and


Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Alcoa Inc., .129.33.23 Aqua America, .71


Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have

Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have


Oddly enough

Oddly enough Texas city council votes to oust library cat WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas A North


Party disaffection fueled Brexit

Opinion: How fitting. As the Brits cast a stunning vote to quit the European Union, Donald Trump was opening


Explosion, fire rock natural-gas plant in Miss.

Associated Press Two explosions and a fire rocked a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi,


Airport named in Glenn’s honor

Associated Press COLUMBUS The airport where astronaut John Glenn ogled planes as a kid, came and


Agenda Thursday

Agenda Thursday Warren school board, 11:30 a.m., meeting will recess into executive session,


Connected links of the week – June 29

Tweets and photos from around the Valley.


POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN

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


“The BFG” (Big Friendly Giant) opens Friday in theaters, and it’s just the latest

“The BFG” (Big Friendly Giant) opens Friday in theaters, and it’s just the latest movie based on the


June auto sales to increase 5 percent or more

June 2016 had one extra selling day over June 2015.


ATTACK AT TURKEY AIRPORT KILLS DOZENS

Associated Press ISTANBUL A suicide attack at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport on Tuesday killed


Be the star of the Fourth of July picnic with All-American Cobb Salad

By Linda Gassenheimer Tribune News Service Make this All-American Cobb Salad, in honor of the


Supreme fraud goes on

Opinion: Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority


YEARS AGO

Today is Wednesday, June 29, the 181st day of 2016. There are 185 days left in the year.


BUSINESS DIGEST ||

Auction planned YOUNGSTOWN The online auction of the former Cafaro Co. headquarters, located at


Serena, coach are not counting to 22 just yet

Serena Williams is chasing her 22nd major singles trophy.


Character not a factor in election

Opinion: Ranking right up there with the line, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?” is


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