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Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.
Tension high at tonight's Lordstown meeting on distribution center
Tension between a group of about 100 concerned residents and Lordstown Mayor Arno Hill was strong during a private meeting about TJX Companies’ plan to bring a distribution center to the village.
Liberty schools plan for future with online classes
Liberty’s online school aims to begin classes in the fall.
Trumbull Children Services celebrates recovery achievements of 3 clients
Wednesday was a day to celebrate the success stories of three clients of Trumbull County Children Services who are winning their battle with drug addiction.
Struthers councilman must apologize to council clerk
Struthers councilman must apologize to council cle
In-flight explosion creates pressure for engine inspections
In-flight explosion creates pressure for engine inspections
Professional wrestling Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino dies at 82
Professional wrestling Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino dies at 82
Trumbull Co. grand jury gets case of Niles man shot at by cops
Trumbull Co. grand jury gets case of Niles man shot at by cops
MetroParks' Daffodil show postponed to next weekend
MetroParks' Daffodil show postponed to next weekend
Glitch halted access to state education tests today
Glitch halted access to state education tests today
Ohio extends income-tax filing deadline to midnight
Ohio extends income-tax filing deadline to midnight
GM, Lordstown Seating Systems file official warning of layoffs
GM, Lordstown Seating Systems file warning of layoffs
Jury hearing Bill Cosby’s testimony about quaaludes, sex
Jury hearing Bill Cosby’s testimony about quaaludes, sex
UPATE: Indians game still on after Puerto Rican blackout caused by excavator
An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday after an excavator accidentally downed a transmission line, officials said, as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
Cops: Man nabbed after accident has never had a drivers license
Cops: Man nabbed after accident has never had a drivers license
Team backed by Microsoft co-founder locates USS Helena wreck
Team backed by Microsoft co-founder locates USS Helena wreck
Pennsylvania casino license auction runs out of bidders
Pennsylvania casino license auction runs out of bidders
Passengers rushed to provide CPR to woman in plane emergency
Passengers rushed to provide CPR to woman in plane emergency

Mill Creek MetroParks reschedules Daffodil Show
The Daffodil Show scheduled at the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens on Saturday and Sunday has been rescheduled

Summary of recent criminal activity in Canfield and Austintown
A summary of recent criminal activity in Austintown and Canfield
Trump says 'good relationship’ formed with North Korea
Trump says ’good relationship’ formed with North Korea

Parents of child who died from OD reject plea deal
Parents of child who died from OD reject plea deal
ESPN’s Herbstreit honored guest at United Way fundraiser
ESPN’s Herbstreit honored guest at 13th Champions Among Us fundraiser
Random acts of kindness the norm for Rivers
Former YSU DE Derek Rivers is getting noticed for good deeds.

Sherrod Brown demands GM answer Cruze questions
The senator penned a letter to CEO Mary Barra demanding info about the upcoming 1,500 layoffs at Lordstown.

Claudia Hoerig asks for expert witness in battered woman syndrome
Attorneys for Claudia Hoerig, who is charged with the aggravated murder of her husband, Maj. Karl Hoerig, in their Newton Falls home in 2007, apparently plans to use battered-women’s syndrome in her defense and ask for certain evidence to be suppressed.
Man who committed brutal 2001 rape at 15 to be released at 65
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the resentencing of Brandon Moore deciding that his 112-year sentence was cruel and unusual because he committed the rape as a juvenile.

Girard FIRST Robotics team qualifies for world competition
The Girard “RoboCats” will compete in Detroit on April 25-28.
SPORTS DIGEST || Herbstreit to speak at United Way event
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit will be the guest speaker for the United Way of Youngstown’s 13th Annual Champions Among Us. The event takes place on May 17 at The Lake Club in Poland.
Have news bloggers prejudiced jury pool in Niles public-corruption case?
Ralph Infante Jr.’s lawyer has asked a judge to move Infante’s trial out of Trumbull County.
TUESDAY’s HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
GIRLS LACROSSE Cardinal Mooney 15, Akron SVSM 4 YOUNGSTOWN Lexi Saunders had three goals and
Jackson: Browns have not made their QB decision
As the NFL draft nears, the Browns are still doing their homework on quarterbacks.
Facebook, can you keep a secret?
About a decade ago, while out with my then-3-year-old daughter, we stopped for ice cream in the late
Musgraves discusses evolving sound, tour with Harry Styles KACEY COUNTRY
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK Kacey Musgraves and Harry Styles might sound like an
A super day for DC’s Action Comics
Staff report Action Comics – the comic book that introduced Superman in 1938, launching the

Commitment to fight racism must continue, bishop says
The Rev. George V. Murry of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown was keynote speaker for ACTION's 16th fundraising banquet.
Woman reports being beaten by woman with bat and man with gun in stores
Woman reports being beaten by woman with bat and man with gun at two convenient stores
Ohio AG sues Florida man for failing to perform roofing work in Y'town
Lawsuit: Wilson offered roofing services and took an estimated $55,000 from various consumers for work he didn’t provide.
Experience, generational divide, separate candidates for commissioner
Two generations separate 66-year-old incumbent Carol Rimedio-Righetti from her 32-year-old challenger, Joe Paloski.

Dem governor candidate Dennis Kucinich says he’s a centrist
Kucinich supports a focus on reviving manufacturing, banning assault weapons and legalizing recreational marijuana
Youngstown council to consider loan for waste plant improvements
The work is required as part of the city’s consent decree with the EPA

School safety, security topic of Canfield community meeting
Jenny Beil, third-grade teacher at Canfiled’s Hilltop Elementary School, speaks during Tuesday evening’s Community Awareness meeting about school safety at Canfield High School.
METRO DIGEST || Peyatt gets 6 years
Sentenced in shooting WARREN Clarence L. Peyatt, 77, of Baldwin Avenue in Niles was sentenced to
Youngstown Veterans Association Clinic receives donation
Youngstown Veterans Association Clinic receives donation
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
Here are five random facts from the book “Random Illustrated Facts” by Mike Lowery
Here are five random facts from the book “Random Illustrated Facts” by Mike Lowery (Workman
Jets’ Mangold announces retirement
Nick Mangold was a first-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 2006.
Indians’ Mejia sues over future earnings deal
Catcher Francisco Mejia claims in a federal lawsuit filed in February that the agreement is unfair and unenforceable.
Officials: CIA director met with Kim Jong Un
Associated Press WASHINGTON CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet
A winning dinner strategy
Family Features With many social events that revolve around food, it’s not easy to get a fresh
Destination program builds valuable skills for students
Editorial: When educaTIONAL analysts are asked to rank the competencies in shortest supply among today’s
President handed loss by Supreme Court
Associated Press WASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes
Surplus food
Surplus food New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St., Youngstown, various commodities,
Storms roiling Team Trump
Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons You don’t need a weatherman to see that the storm clouds gathering
ODDLY ENOUGH
ODDLY ENOUGH Workers find mummified monkey in old store MINNEAPOLIS Workers renovating the old
1 killed after plane blows engine in flight
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit
Barbara Bush, 92: Former first lady was ‘a woman unlike any other’
Associated Press HOUSTON Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and
Clean water act in peril
Opinion: Akron Beacon Journal: The shipping industry long has criticized the way the discharge of ballast
In Cuba, the revolution lives in memories of Che Guevara
Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON What has surprised me most in the
Starbucks to close stores for bias training
Associated Press NEW YORK Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over

Capturing the hearts and minds of American wine lovers
Few wines in the past 20 years have captured the hearts and minds of American wine lovers like The Prisoner did beginning in 1998.
Brunch breakfast bacon quesadillas
Brunch breakfast bacon quesadillas Maple Bacon Breakfast Quesadillas mccormick.com Get ‘em fed
Residents host private HomeGoods meeting tonight
Concerned Lordstown citizens have put together a study to show what industrial property in the village is available for the project.
Grilled cheese sandwich recipes
Oregano Grilled Cheese Sandwich mccormick.com Jazz up a grilled cheese sandwich by serving it
AROUND THE NBA Tuesday’s playoff games
Celtics 120, Bucks 106 BOSTON Jaylen Brown had a playoff career-high 30 points and the Boston
Residents complained about their roads’ conditions at a Liberty meeting this week.
Trustees say they need to raise township revenue to tackle road repairs.
UPDATES | BASEBALL American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the contract of INF Luis Sardinas from Norfolk (IL).
Bar files complaint against Yavorcik
The complaint is in addition to the one filed related to the Oakhill scandal
Man who ran from county courtroom, judge gets four years
Brandon Jones was sentenced in two separate cases.
Agenda Thursday
Agenda Thursday Jackson-Milton school board, 6:30 p.m., high school, 13910 Mahoning Ave., North
YEARS AGO FOR APRIL 18
Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2018. There are 257 days left in the year.
TUESDAY’s OTHER MLB GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE Tigers 4, Orioles 2 DETROIT Victor Martinez homered for the first time since