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Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

PUSKAS: At last, there’s a promising future in Cleveland

When was the last time you were sad to see a Browns season come to an end?


Mahoning coroner IDs Sunday homicide victims

Mahoning coroner IDs Sunday homicide victims


Pa. shooting victim’s body found hours after initial report

Pa. shooting victim’s body found hours after initial report


Immigration officials say they had no contact with murder suspect

Immigration officials say they had no contact with murder suspect


Vatican spokesman, deputy resign amid crisis period for pope

Vatican spokesman, deputy resign amid crisis period for pope


Elizabeth Warren makes big move toward 2020 presidential run

Elizabeth Warren makes big move toward 2020 presidential run


Spacey: Court appearance would 'amplify' negative publicity

Spacey: Court appearance would 'amplify' negative publicity


Mattis farewell to Pentagon staff: 'Hold fast' to US defense

Mattis farewell to Pentagon staff: 'Hold fast' to US defense


Ohio fertility clinic lawsuit to resume in 2019 with new judge

Ohio fertility clinic lawsuit to resume in 2019 with new judge


No charges filed in farm accident that killed 4-year-old Pa. boy

No charges filed in farm accident that killed 4-year-old Pa. boy


Cleveland cops warn against celebratory gunfire to ring in new year

Cleveland cops warn against celebratory gunfire to ring in new year


Aretha Franklin attorney: $3 million in back taxes paid to IRS

Aretha Franklin attorney: $3 million in back taxes paid to IRS


House Democrats have plan to re-open government

House Democrats have plan to re-open government


Lawsuit says theme park should put warning signs in Spanish

Lawsuit says theme park should put warning signs in Spanish


Lockup List Monday — Mahoning County jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity


Youngstown man jailed on drug charge, left child in vacant Poland home

Youngstown man jailed on drug charge, left child in vacant Poland home


Browns to interview Williams, Kitchens for coaching vacancy

Browns to interview Williams, Kitchens for coaching vacancy


It's official: Bengals fire coach Marvin Lewis after 16th season

Bengals fire coach Marvin Lewis after 16th season


Austintown police find drugs in man's butt

Austintown police find drugs in man's butt

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Mahoning Valley’s unemployment rate falls in November

Valley’s unemployment rate falls in November


2 million in Times Square for New Year's? Experts say no way

2 million in Times Square for New Year's? Experts say no way


Trump laments he's getting bad press for US exit from Syria

Trump laments he's getting bad press for US exit from Syria


Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years as a national park in 2019

Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years as a national park in 2019


Reminder: New year means higher Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls, again

New year means higher Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls, again


Markets Right Now: Stocks open higher on China trade hopes

Markets Right Now: Stocks open higher on China trade hopes


Ohio minimum wage set to rise by 25 cents an hour in 2019

Ohio minimum wage set to rise by 25 cents an hour in 2019


Lion kills worker after escaping locked area

Lion kills worker after escaping locked area


Youngstown police probe 25th, 26th homicides of year

The fatal shooting took place late Sunday on the South Side


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Confident Browns push Ravens late in narrow defeat

Baker Mayfield nearly rallied the Browns from a 13-point halftime deficit Sunday in a 26-24 loss.


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Bobi Jo Piper cared for premature child for nearly two years

Three-year-old Sabashtyan Haefke practically flew into the arms of Bobi Jo Piper, his daily caregiver for nearly two years until three months ago.


FBI: Con artist scams Valley man out of car, $125,000

Haki Toplica, 24, of Staten Island, N.Y., even drove away in the man’s Ford Mustang after convincing him to turn over the title, according to federal court filings.


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Bloody Sunday: City logs two homicides

Police are continuing their investigation.


Mill Creek Park scavenger hunters discover nature’s bounty

Marlene Roch relished taking her three teenage children for a fun-filled nature-related event that challenged them


METRO DIGEST || Dollar store robbed

Dollar store robbed YOUNGSTOWN Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Family Dollar on


Traffic stop leads to police chase

Staff report weathersfield A traffic stop near the Dollar General on state Route 46 Saturday


Training Day: Assistant still learning from Meyer

Ryan Day is the Buckeyes’ co-offensive coordinator under Urban Meyer until the conclusion of the Rose Bowl.


YSU rallies, but falls just short vs. Oakland

The YSU men lost to the Golden Grizzlies at Beeghly Center, but the women beat Oakland on the road.


Steelers win, but don’t get help they needed

The Steelers needed a little help from the rival Cleveland Browns to get into the playoffs.


Prices rise as the minimum wage increases in several states

Employers in 20 states and numerous cities will have to pay their workers more as minimum wage hikes take effect in the new year


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Fighters dominated top newsmakers of 2018 in Valley

Fighters dominated top newsmakers of 2018 in Valley


Culver’s double-double leads WVU

Culver’s double-double leads WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Warren Harding’s Derek Culver came off the


‘Aquaman’ still rules at the box office

‘Aquaman’ still rules at the box office LOS ANGELES In the final weekend of 2018, “Aquaman”


TRUMBULL COUNTY COURTS

COURTS TRUMBULL COUNTY Marriage licenses Susan A. MonteCalvo, 57, and Douglas J. Cressman, 55,


Meth deaths in Ohio soar

Associated Press CLEVELAND The number of Ohio drug overdose deaths involving meth or other


Frustration ran rampant in Ohio throughout 2018

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: The Dispatch Editorial Board is no different from many other commentators in one


Births

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Brittanie Lawrence and Jerry Ayala, Youngstown, girl,


Kelly: Trump had given up on plan to build solid wall

Associated Press WASHINGTON Three confidantes of President Donald Trump’s, including his


What will 2019 bring?

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Wondering if things will change for the better in the New Year?


‘Debt’ and ‘deficit’ should have won ‘word of the year’ honors

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Andrews McMeel Syndication The Oxford English


YEARS AGO FOR DEC. 31

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