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Hamad gets 36 years, tells judge much evidence left unsaid at trial
Hamad told the judge during one of the two times he spoke: “I did not invite these people over. I did my best to avoid these people. Not one thing of that was brought out” in the trial.
Ex-Traficant aide admits stealing $100K-plus from woman with dementia
A former congressional aide and close friend to the late U.S. Rep. James Traficant, who was convicted of 10 felonies, now has a felony conviction of her own.
Fitch Art Club brightens Austintown splash pad
With help from some high school students, Austintown Township Park’s splash pad is looking a lot brighter.
Campbell Memorial students join global stacking effort for Guinness book
More than 220 students at Campbell Memorial High School lent their hands and their stacking skills to a global effort to set a record in Guinness World Records.
Veterans Day festivities Friday at Liberty High School
Veterans Day festivities Friday at Liberty High School
Fox's Smith avoids story covered heavily by colleagues
Fox's Smith avoids story covered heavily by colleagues
Trump thinks US, China could jointly solve world's problems
Trump thinks US, China could jointly solve world's problems
Senate tax proposal allows mortgage deduction, but not state/local taxes
Senate Republicans revealed the details of their sweeping tax legislation today, including a one-year delay in plans for a major corporate tax cut despite strident opposition from the White House and others in their own party.
Mahoning County Grand Jury indicts 27
Indictments from the Mahoning County grand jury.
State: Sheriff's deputy kills boy on Wisconsin reservation
State: Sheriff's deputy kills boy on Wisconsin reservation
Kovachik pleads guilty to stealing from dementia patient
Kovachik pleads guilty to stealing from dementia patient
Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful sees peril in Trump loyalty
Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful sees peril in Trump loyalty
Ryan criticizes Trump for saying he doesn't fault China for usurping US trade policy
Ryan criticizes Trump for saying he doesn't fault China for usurping US trade policy
As caliphate crumbles, US builds outposts in western Iraq
As caliphate crumbles, US builds outposts in western Iraq
HAMAD SENTENCING | Judge sentences Nasser Hamad to life for Howland killings
The judge in the Nasser Hamad trial has sentenced Hamad to life in prison with parole eligibility after 36 years
Judge: Ex-Ohio substitute teacher must serve jail time for showing film
Judge: Ex-Ohio substitute teacher must serve jail time for showing film
Police: Pa. man assaults teen afraid of getting a flu shot
Police: Pa. man assaults teen afraid of getting a flu shot
Ohio court clerk’s employee charged with leaking search info
Ohio court clerk’s employee charged with leaking search info
John Glenn’s Ohio birthplace places historic marker
John Glenn’s Ohio birthplace places historic marker
Poland Township Park gets 40-acre addition in amended agreement with landfill
Poland Township Park gets 40-acre addition in amended agreement with landfill
20 GOP House members urge Speaker Ryan to act on immigration
20 GOP House members urge Speaker Ryan to act on immigration
UPDATE | Police ID motorcyclist shot to death Wednesday
Police ID motorcyclist shot to death Wednesday
Pennsylvania trooper shot in traffic stop has 2nd surgery
Pennsylvania trooper shot in traffic stop has 2nd surgery
Trump’s Mar-A-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers
Trump’s Mar-A-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers
Police find weaponry and drugs inside of Campbell man's car
Police find weaponry and drugs inside of Campbell man's car
Clue, Wiffle Ball, paper airplane enter Toy Hall of Fame
Clue, Wiffle Ball, paper airplane enter Toy Hall of Fame
Technology slump leads US stock indexes sharply lower
Technology slump leads US stock indexes sharply lower
Bursts of orange around Youngstown aim to show support for city schools plan
Bursts of orange around Youngstown aim to show support for city schools plan
Youngstown to buy closed St. Vincent facility for $79,000
Youngstown to buy closed St. Vincent facility for $79,000
Suppression hearings set for December in murder cases involving elderly Trumbull County women
Suppression hearings set for December in murder cases involving elderly Trumbull County women
Blackberry Smoke to fill Packard
Staff report WARREN Blackberry Smoke and Aaron Lewis will bring their co-headlining tour to
Judge: Ex-substitute must serve jail time for showing film
Judge: Ex-substitute must serve jail time for showing film
Hospital to have moms stay with their opioid-addicted babies
Hospital to have moms stay with their opioid-addicted babies
Ohio authorities say shooting suspect killed self on I-75
Ohio authorities say shooting suspect killed self on I-75
Senate bill to unwrap with tax cuts, end to local deduction
Senate bill to unwrap with tax cuts, end to local deduction
Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up by 10,000
Applications for US unemployment benefits edge up by 10,000
Defiant Hong Kong soccer fans boo China anthem at match
Defiant Hong Kong soccer fans boo China anthem at match
Pennsylvania tree to adorn Rockefeller Center for Christmas
Pennsylvania tree to adorn Rockefeller Center for Christmas
Holy Smoke! Vatican to stop selling cigarettes in its shops
Holy Smoke! Vatican to stop selling cigarettes in its shops
Model Railroad Club will have open house
Model Railroad Club will have open house sebring The Sebring Model Railroad Club is having its
An error double counting more than 6,000 votes ends up leading to incorrect election results in Mahoning County
The board’s deputy director failed to reset a machine causing the mistake
Making Kids Count hands out boots to area children
The non-profit organization is handing out 404 pairs of winter boots to area children.
Austintown schools break ground on sports complex project
Ground was broken on a $2.2 million project for the sports complex on Austintown Local Schools’ campus.
Youngstown Playhouse ‘Terms of Endearment’ will open on theater’s small stage
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown Playhouse will present “Terms of Endearment” for six
YSU Theater presents ‘Spring Awakening’
IF YOU GO What: ”Spring Awakening” Where: Ford Theater, lower level of Bliss Hall, on Wick
Twenty-one-year-old YSU student elected to Poland village council
Three newcomers elected to Poland village council
Boardman athletes taking brains, talent to colleges
Boardman’s college-bound athletes include three future YSU golfers.
Completion of jury’s duties in Hamad case allows parties to talk
Completion of jury’s duties in Hamad case allows parties to talk
Lakeview’s Pavlansky joins KSU basketball
Annie Pavlansky excelled in basketball and volleyball for the Bulldogs.
Eagles’ Powell, Gagliardi land at Ohio State
Hubbard’s Adria Powell and Claire Gagliardi are future Buckeyes.
Theresa Caputo brings live show back to Covelli Centre ONCE MORE WITH SPIRIT
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Theresa Caputo will bring her live show to
YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 9
Today is Thursday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2017. There are 52 days left in the year. ASSOCIATED
Cracks, sunscald and rodents
Cracks, sunscald and rodents Before winter gets cold is the time to avoid the damage winter can
MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS Program takes top honors at state conference
By Pam Baytos OSU Ext. master gardener volunteer The Ohio Master Gardener Volunteer state
Caterpillars create own form of natural antifreeze to survive winter
By Pam Baytos OSU Ext. master gardener volunteer What we call woolly bear caterpillars are the
Prune at proper seasons
Q. Now that it is fall, can I prune everything around the house? Even cut down my ornamental
Ensure hydrangea blooms
Ensure hydrangea blooms Most of us need to provide protection for hydrangeas. Count three buds
Today
Today Children Family Night Bingo, 5 p.m., Struthers Public Library, 95 Poland Ave., Struthers;
Surplus food
Surplus food Price Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave., Youngstown, produce and food
Power restored in city
Power restored in city YOUNGSTOWN Power was restored in certain parts of the city late Wednesday
Ryan: Election losses pressure GOP to deliver on tax bill
Associated Press WASHINGTON House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Republican drubbing in Tuesday
Agenda Friday
Agenda Friday McDonald school board, special meeting, 7 a.m., high-school library, 600 Iowa Ave.
In election glow, Dems see health care as winning issue
Associated Press WASHINGTON Emboldened by election wins, Democrats are starting to see a
Elementary students learn about Taekwondo, how to address bullying
C.H. Campbell students will learn the basics of Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, during gym class this week.
Fix the parks, not the fees
Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Three years ago, returning to my hotel room in Flagstaff, Ariz., I
VETERANS DAY
VETERANS DAY Scheduled events A list of services, ceremonies and other events for Veterans Day
More than thoughts and prayers needed to lessen toll of gun violence in US
Editorial: This time the setting was a small southeastern Texas hamlet, but the horror that played out there
CD RATES
CD RATES The table shows the annual percentage yield as of Wednesday. All yields given in percent.
The defendant took the stand in his own defense
Alexander Jimenez, 20, said he was the one attacked last year
Pleads not guilty
Pleads not guilty ASHTABULA The driver of a van troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol say
“Orville” (9:01 P.M., FOX): The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two
“Orville” (9:01 P.M., FOX): The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two warring
TUESDAY NIGHT’S MAHONING COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS
All townships have two trustees to elect, and all school boards have three members to elect unless
GIVING THANKS HIKE
GIVING THANKS HIKE When: Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. What: Give thanks this season and bring a
Ohio crime victims’ rights issue could face court challenge
Associated Press COLUMBUS The American Civil Liberties Union was weighing a legal challenge to
Local theater, music scene loses a stalwart in Sanders
The sudden passing of Jeff Sanders on Monday has dealt an emotional blow to all who knew him,
FBI again finds itself unable to unlock a gunman’s cellphone
Associated Press WASHINGTON The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for
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Barrel33, 8208 E. Market St., Warren; 330-395-9463 Fri: Labra Brothers, 8 p.m. Barrel Run
Stellar encore: Dying star keeps coming back big time
Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Death definitely becomes this star. Astronomers
Tax bill would kill deduction for student-loan interest
Associated Press WASHINGTON Millions of Americans would lose the ability to deduct up to $2,500
Trump: Xi and I can solve world’s problems
Associated Press BEIJING President Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy meeting with Chinese
New looks come to Snapchat, Twitter
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Struggling social media darlings Twitter and Snapchat are taking
Democrats get boost from election wins around the country
Associated Press NEW YORK Democrats woke up to a big dose of good news Wednesday as they
NEW THIS WEEK
NEW THIS WEEK Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-13) Cinema South: Fri.-Thu. 12:05, 2, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 7,
Jones threatens Goodell deal after Elliott ban
Jerry Jones told the six owners on the compensation committee he had hired high-profile attorney David Boies.
BUSINESS DIGEST ||
Mail delivery YOUNGSTOWN Post offices will be closed Saturday in observance of the Veterans Day
Man who raped 10-year-old receives 17 years in prison
Termaine McCall raped a preteen on more than one occassion, prosecutors said
SPORTS digest
YSU women add three basketball recruits YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State head women’s basketball
WEDNESDAY AROUND THE NBA
Magic 112, Knicks 99 ORLANDO, FLA. Nikola Vucevic scored 24 points and Evan Fournier added 23 to
Man gets probation for promoting prostitution
Couple advertised prostitution services to fuel drug addiction, prosecutors said
AROUND THE NHL | Wednesday’s games
Maple Leafs 4, Wild 2 TORONTO Frederik Andersen made 35 saves to help the Toronto Maple Leafs
Niles school board to resubmit failed levy next May
Niles school board to resubmit failed levy next May
Another mass shooting and more dodging from GOP in Congress
Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons “Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland
Federal lawsuit alleges racially-discriminatory city sewer practices
Sharonline has been historically neglected on basis of race, suit claims
Republican attorney to challenge Tim Ryan for congressional seat
He’s running for political office for the first time
Newly re-elected Howland trustee LaPolla convicted of OVI
Newly re-elected Howland trustee LaPolla convicted of OVI
Gordon aims to be NFL’s best
Through the haze of his troubled past, Josh Gordon still sees a bright future.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP | Wednesday’s games
Western Michigan 48, Kent State 20 KALAMAZOO, MICH. Darius Phillips had one of Western
Witnesses: Halladay was flying plane low
Roy Halladay was flying his tiny sport plane low over the Gulf of Mexico shortly before it slammed into the water.
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