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Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.
Construction progressing on Boardman's new fire station
Construction is underway on the township’s new fire station at Market Street and Stadium Drive.
Ohio AG files complaint to force Youngstown Thermal action
The last time the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio was forced to go through the courts to prevent an energy loss, iPhones didn’t exist and Ronald Reagan was president.
Property owner suing Mahoning auditor over school district designation
A Poland Township property owner disputes the Mahoning County auditor’s determination his property is in the Struthers School District.
YSU Foundation seeks court ruling to forgo state overight
The Youngstown State University Foundation will seek a court ruling clarifying its status as a private foundation in an attempt to forgo state oversight.
Youngstown City Schools bolsters administration staff with new hires
Youngstown City Schools bolsters administration staff with new hires
Governor candidate says his term would be about service, not paycheck
U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci said what separates him from the three other Republicans seeking the party’s 2018 nomination for governor is they’re career politicians and for him the job would be all about public service.
OVI checkpoints tonight, Saturday morning in Austintown
OVI checkpoints tonight, Saturday morning in Austintown
Warren church hosts free Tai-Chi and Kung-Fu lessons Saturday
Warren church hosts free Tai-Chi and Kung-Fu lessons Saturday
Indians' Francona has heart procedure, out of All-Star Game
Indians' Francona has heart procedure, out of All-Star Game
Councilman Julius Oliver
Councilman Julius Oliver joined VTR to discuss his political career
2018 GOP gubernatorial candidate tells The Vindy why he is best for the job
2018 GOP gubernatorial candidate tells The Vindy why he is best for the job
UPDATE | Power restored to most Liberty residents after tractor-trailer accident
UPDATE | Power restored to most Liberty residents after tractor-trailer accident
Visitors get first look at Pittsburgh Zoo’s baby elephant
Visitors get first look at Pittsburgh Zoo’s baby elephant
UPDATE | Trump raised concerns about hacking with Putin
Trump raised concerns about hacking with Putin
Police smash bank wall; free 2 trapped inside with suspect
Police smash bank wall; free 2 trapped inside with suspect
More than 1,000 customers without power after semi hits utility pole in Liberty
More than 1,000 customers without power after semi hits utility pole in Liberty
Gov. Kasich’s backing a mixed blessing for GOP’s Mary Taylor
Gov. Kasich’s backing a mixed blessing for GOP’s Mary Taylor
Man charged with rape of disabled woman in Ohio in 2000
Man charged with rape of disabled woman in Ohio in 2000
Court: Profanity-laced tirade was protected free speech
Court: Profanity-laced tirade was protected free speech
UK hospital seeks court hearing on new Charlie Gard evidence
UK hospital seeks court hearing on new Charlie Gard evidence
Sheila Michaels, who popularized ’Ms.’ for women, dies at 78
Sheila Michaels, who popularized ’Ms.’ for women, dies at 78
The Latest: Lt. Gov. Taylor: Ohio is great, can be greater
The Latest: Lt. Gov. Taylor: Ohio is great, can be greater
Utah truck driver faces vehicular homicide charge for I-76 accident in June
Utah truck driver faces vehicular homicide charge for I-76 accident in June
AG's office files Youngstown Thermal complaint in Mahoning court
AG's office files Youngstown Thermal complaint in Mahoning court
Boil alert in effect for parts of Hubbard and Masury
Boil alert in effect for parts of Hubbard and Masury
Indians’ Francona has heart procedure, will miss All-Star Game
Indians’ Francona has heart procedure, will miss All-Star Game
Today's tip: If you have to get drunk, get so drunk the jail won't take you
Today's tip: If you have to get drunk, get so drunk the jail won't take you
Michael Bolton will bring Christmas show to Stambaugh
Michael Bolton will bring Christmas show to Stambaugh
Stolen car, drugs, outstanding warrant: This ends badly for couple
Stolen car, drugs, outstanding warrant: This ends badly for couple
Markets Right Now: Strong hiring report sends stocks higher
Markets Right Now: Strong hiring report sends stocks higher
Local library hosts one-on-one classes
Local library hosts one-on-one classes LISBON Lepper Library will host a one-on-one computer
CLUB CALENDAR
associations Mill Creek Chapter of American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6 p.m.
Underground Railroad tour set for Saturday
Underground Railroad tour set for Saturday
Vitali edges Graham to qualify for championship
Each of this year’s five Greatest Golfer of the Valley junior qualifying events has been highly competitive. But none have had a down-to-the-wire finish like Thursday’s 17U boys showdown at Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
City, arena, YSU work to lessen parking hassles this weekend
‘It’s going to be a big weekend for downtown,’ a city official says
Mill Creek MetroParks board gives park director mostly positive evaluations
Park board members agree director could improve customer service skills
Youngstown students head to Thiel to learn tools for success
A new bridge program will send incoming Chaney and East High ninth-graders to Thiel College in Greenville, Pa.
SPORTS DIGEST | Valley golfers win Akron event
Brian Tolnar, Bobby Jonda, Bryan Kordupel and Kyle Koziel teamed up to win the Northern Ohio PGA Ping Pro-3 Junior Tournament at Firestone Country Club.
Frabbiele now calls Austintown racino home
Tony Frabbiele has officially been at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course for three weeks as the new general manager of the property.
Ohio House declines to override Gov. Kasich’s Medicaid veto
Mahoning and Trumbull commissioners hope sales-tax money to be returned to counties becomes a reality.
Inside the ropes with JASON KOKRAK
Thursday: The Warren JFK graduate shot a 1-over-par 71 in the first round of the Greenbriar Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
‘The Beguiled’ views the Civil War through female eyes Kidman and Coppola
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES The intersection of Sofia Coppola and Nicole Kidman
Dublin Grange campers in ‘Elf’
Staff report CANFIELD The Dublin Grange Theatre Company’s annual summer camp will offer an
Dress to Succeed opens second prison location, at Trumbull Correctional Institution
That mission – providing people with dress clothes to wear to a job interview or other important occasion – led to the creation of Dress to Succeed in 2010.
At 70, Prine is still a songwriting hero
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. John Prine is 70 years old but he is the hippest songwriter in
Leaders honor Mohip’s first year
City leaders doted on Youngstown City Schools CEO Krish Mohip’s first-year’s accomplishments during a Thursday morning news conference
Girard city officials cite steps to plug general-fund deficit
By SARAH LEHR slehr@vindy.com GIRARD Officials say the city is taking steps to plug its
Youngstown board awarded a $912,093 contract to pave six city streets
The work will start in two to three weeks and take up to 60 days to complete
Commissioners vote to expand courthouse restoration
County also will replace lighting in juvenile justice center
Probe of city water funds hits homes
Law-enforcement officials seized items from the Boardman home of Youngstown Finance Director David Bozanich, the home of his girlfriend where he is believed to live, and the Canfield home and office of Atty. Stephen Garea, who represents a prominent downtown development company. The seizures are part of an ongoing investigation into the use of more than $2 million given by the city from its water and wastewater funds to the developer.
Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people reduces violence
Opinion: By Jonathan Perloe Special to The Vindicator In his op-ed, “Gun control is fine, except for not
METRO DIGEST || Intentional crash kills 19-year-old
Intentional crash kills 19-year-old JOHNSTON The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren Post is
CVMS students ACE impact projects
A semester focusing on helping others was celebrated at Canfield Village Middle School on May 18.
Boardman Community Briefs
Chronic headache relief seminar to be July 13 More than 37 million people suffer from migraine
Surplus food/clothing
Surplus food/clothing East Side Crime Watch, 1001 Oak St., corner of Fruit Street, Youngstown,
WHERE’S MY RAISE 5 reasons pay isn’t rising for many
Eight years after the Great Recession ended, the economy is steadily churning out jobs, and the
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY Martha Dewey
HONOREE Residence: Canfield Date of birth: July 7, 1917 FAMILY Parents: Austin Grant and
mahoning county | Indictments
A county grand jury indicted these people on these charges Thursday: Shaunte Williams, 41,
BUSINESS DIGEST ||
Welder/pipe fitter program at TCTC CHAMPION The Trumbull Career & Technical Center Adult
Fire investigation
Fire investigation MASURY Smoke detectors alerted the two people in the home at 830 Boyd Street
Births
Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Kareena Hall and William T. Ward, Youngstown, boy, June
McCain to be honored for ‘sacrifice, service’
U.S. Sen. John McCain has been named this year’s recipient of the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal for his “lifetime of sacrifice and service” to the country, the Philadelphia museum announced Thursday.
Bloomfield man indicted for selling drugs that led to woman’s death
Shawn Smith, 29, faces seven federal charges.
Today’s entertainment picks:
Today’s entertainment picks: v St. Nicholas Greek Summer Fest, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Come for the
Pence: Americans will walk on Mars
Orlando Sentinel (TNS) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Vice President Mike Pence vowed that the United
YEARS AGO FOR JULY 7
Today is Friday, July 7, the 188th day of 2017. There are 177 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED
QVC parent to buy HSN as shopping shifts to online
Associated Press NEW YORK QVC’s parent company is taking control of the Home Shopping Network
Drugmaker stops sales of painkiller at FDA’s request
Associated Press The maker of opioid painkiller Opana ER is pulling the drug off the market at the
OHIO 185 apply for medical marijuana cultivator licenses
Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio has received more than 180 applications for 24 licenses to grow
Oregon officials approve measure requiring insurers to cover abortion
Associated Press SALEM, ORE. Insurance companies in Oregon would be required to cover abortions
Georgia police release names of father, four children killed
Associated Press LOGANVILLE, Ga. Four young children and their father were found slain in a home
Anxiety, hope run high for meeting
Ahead of meeting, Trump waffles on Russian meddling Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS) WARSAW,
GREATEST GOLFER OF THE VALLEY Thursday’s junior scores
FIFTH QUALIFIER At Salem Hills Golf Club BOYS 17U Joey Vitali, Kennsington Golf Club &
‘Severe things’ not likely to include military strike
Assoicated Press WASHINGTON A pre-emptive military strike may be among the “pretty severe
NEWSMAKERS
NEWSMAKERS Judge orders Nov. 6 start for Cosby retrial PHILADELPHIA The sexual assault case
You’re as free as you can afford to be
Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords I think of freedom in positive, aspirational terms – as in FDR’s
North Korea’s ICBM launch demands a global response
Editorial: North Korea’s chilling Fourth of July surprise this week has heated up the war of words between the
Time to face the truth
Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Our country is founded on a myth that anyone can succeed so long
Virginia execution
Virginia execution RICHMOND, Va. A Virginia man who killed a hospital security guard and a
Putin, Trump to meet amid sea of disputes
Associated Press MOSCOW For Russian President Vladimir Putin, a meeting with U.S. counterpart
notices
notices BASEBALL Brookfield Youth Baseball — will host 9-10 and 11-12 tournaments from Thursday-
Robinwood Lane students have fun-filled school day
Robinwood Lane Elementary students brought the school year to an end with a day full of fun on May 26.
Readers take coffee break with Sara Shepard
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Book lovers united at the Austintown library
CVMS choirs perform spring concert
By ABBY SLANKER neighbors@vindy.com Canfield Village Middle School’s fifth- and sixth-grade
Poland Sports Briefs
Neighbors wants summer sports news Summer athletics have arrived and Neighbors wants to be there
Boardman Sports Briefs
Cardinal Mooney announces new girls soccer coach Cardinal Mooney High School recently announced
Athletes prepare for State Summer Games
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com A warm up event was hosted at the Austintown
Dublin Grange Theatre to present “Elf”
The Dublin Grange Theatre Co. of Canfield will present “Elf,” a junior musical based on the film of
Austintown Sports Briefs
Neighbors wants summer sports news Summer athletics have arrived and Neighbors wants to be there
Boy Scout Troop 25 Scouts attending the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree
Four youth members and one adult leader of Canfield’s Boy Scout Troop 25 will be participating at
Mooney announces new athletic coaches for fall
Cardinal Mooney High School recently announced three new additions to the athletic department
Athletes compete in practice Olympics
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com A warm up event was hosted at the Austintown
Local author visits C.H. Campbell Elementary
By ABBY SLANKER neighbors@vindy.com Fourth-grade students at C.H. Campbell Elementary School
Art show displays senior citizens’ artwork
June 11 marked the seventh annual Centered: Slightly Off-Center senior citizen art show at the Davis
Boy Scout Troop 25 Scouts attending the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree July 19-28
Four youth members and one adult leader of Canfield’s Boy Scout Troop 25 will be participating at
Students suit up for kindergarten
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Students from Poland North Preschool walked
Students get creative at STEM summer camp
Students participated in a different kind of camp this summer at Austintown Intermediate School.
Poland Seminary High School Honor Roll – Fourth Grading Period
Ninth Grade High Honors Andrew Albert Allyson Andrews Jacob Antil James Bacon Jet Bailey
Austintown Community Briefs
Chronic headache relief seminar to be July 13 More than 37 million people suffer from migraine
Children have super time at the library
Captain Underpants surprised children at the Poland library on June 23.
Canfield Sports Briefs
Neighbors wants summer sports news Summer athletics have arrived and Neighbors wants to be there
Hilltop fourth-graders honored with picnic
By ABBY SLANKER neighbors@vindy.com Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade students celebrated
Teammates come together to renovate locker room
What started out as a need for a few changes turned into an entire renovation for the Boardman High School girls’ locker room.
Poland Community Briefs
Chronic headache relief seminar to be July 13 More than 37 million people suffer from migraine
Austintown Lions and Lioness clubs install officers and celebrate 40th charter year for Lions
On June 19 at Rachel’s Restaurant in Austintown, the Austintown Lions and Lioness clubs had their
Canfield Community Briefs
“Blueberry Bash” Scheduled at White House Fruit Farm White House Fruit Farm will present its
126th Continental Congress Daughters of the American Revolution convene in Washington, D.C.
More than 3,500 members of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened in the nation’s capital
Cardinal Mooney announces new athletic coaches for fall
Cardinal Mooney High School recently announced three new additions to the athletic department
Readers have coffee break with best-selling author
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI abartolomucci@vindy.com Book lovers united at the Austintown library
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