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Angry residents confront Boardman trustees

Continuing a nearly two-month streak of vitriolic public meetings, township residents and officials sparred again Wednesday over recent flooding.

Local businessman to make grand entrance at fair

Fred Moran has been known to stand on his windows.

Trumbull prosecutor trying to resolve murder case without trial

The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office and the attorney for Dareontai Carmichael are “in discussions” to determine whether they can resolve Carmichael’s murder charge without a trial.

Youngstown fire chief proposes cutting 2 battalion chiefs

The city administration is proposing the elimination of two of the fire department’s six battalion chiefs through attrition with the money saved being used to improve its radio system.

Ryan praises House passage of act to save pensions

Ex-Youngstown mayor to be tried separately in corruption case

Browns unafraid of sky-high expectations

Bindi Irwin is engaged to marry longtime boyfriend

Pa. sports authority worker accused of stealing from ex-employer

As the nation's opioid crisis grew, the pills got stronger

Greatest Golfer shirts available | 5-day sale!

Police: Man fatally shoots another man in Cleveland library

Driver cited after metal spill flattens hundreds of tires

Allergan recalls textured breast implant tied to rare cancer

Trump, allies frame Mueller testimony as win for White House

Judge won't block US asylum restrictions at southern border

Actor Rutger Hauer, of 'Blade Runner' fame, has died at 75

GM's Cruise delays autonomous ride service beyond 2019

White House calls hearing embarrassment for Dems

UPDATE | Family member finds South Side body

South Side shooting possible homicide

Trial ongoing over vicious dog attack allegation

Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial

Texas Rapper Tay-K gets 55 years in prison for man's killing

UAW 1112 chief Green taking GM job in Indiana

Senators want to rename NASA facility after Armstrong

Senators want to rename NASA facility after Neil Armstrong

Window World chief will parachute into Canfield Fair

Ground will be broken on events center at Canfield fairgrounds

Ground will be broken on events center at fairgrounds

UPDATE | Spokesman: Puerto Rico governor hasn't resigned

Spokesman: Puerto Rico governor hasn't resigned

Pa. gov. seeks to streamline public contact with state agencies

Boardman teen arrested for kicking the family dog

Investigators seek $4.5M from Met-Ed after man electrocuted

Black voters say they won't forget Trump's racist tweets

Competency exam ordered for suspect in Ohio fires that killed 9

Lockup List Wednesday — Mahoning County jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity

Dog attacks 1-year-old Youngstown baby

ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained near border

WANDerful Wizarding Weekend coming to Volant, Pa.

Suicide bomber detonates devices in Somalia offices

Bystander wounded in Pa. drive-by shooting

Theresa May heads to Buckingham Palace to resign

Employee assaulted in Warren Family Dollar robbery

Columbus council OKs reduced penalties for marijuana possession

Authorities: Baby falls into river in Ohio and dies

FTC fines Facebook $5B, adds limited oversight on privacy

2 dozen cats removed from vacant Youngstown house

MUELLER HEARING | UPDATE Mueller condemns Trump's praise for WikiLeaks

Mueller condemns Trump's praise for WikiLeaks

Officials round up cats at vacant house

Youngstown school board took no action at its meeting Tuesday to place a renewal of the school district’s 10.7-mill property tax levy on the November ballot. Board President Brenda Kimble said she expects to call a special meeting within the next few days to further discuss the four-year levy, which generates more than $5 million per year and costs the owner of a $50,000 home $164 annually. “We need to be able to justify the levy renewal to the community. We want to do right by our children. But we need to be better informed before we act.” The new Amazon delivery station in North Jackson employs about 200 part- and full-time associates and will be hiring more warehouse employees and delivery van drivers. Amazon spokesmen gave a tour of the 43,000-square-foot station to area media and community members Tuesday afternoon. The facility, which opened in June, is hiring seasonal associates and leadership positions. Pay starts at $15 an hour, and there are varying benefit packages for both part- and full-time positions. Local Gold Star families shared tears and received salutes during a ceremony Tuesday in Austintown honoring their husbands, brothers and sons who died in the line of duty. Austintown trustees and local veteran activists dedicated six benches that will remain outside Quaker Steak & Lube restaurant. They’re engraved with the names of servicemen from Austintown, Boardman and Champion townships who died in three conflicts: World War II, the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. The benches will be spread out around the restaurant for patrons to sit and reflect, said Ken Jakubec, a veteran advocate and longtime Quaker Steak employee who helped organize the dedication alongside veteran Leo Connelly Jr. The Ohio Democratic Party will have a Thursday event at 1:15 p.m. outside the former Northside Regional Medical Center on Gypsy Lane in Youngstown to criticize the economy under Donald Trump on the two-year anniversary of the president’s speech at the Covelli Centre in which he vowed to return the area to its steel-mill glory days. “Don’t sell your house. ... Do not sell it. We’re going to get those values up. We’re going to get those jobs coming back, and we’re going to fill up those factories or rip them down and build brand new ones. It’s going to happen,” Trump said. Since then, Northside closed, the GM complex in Lordstown idled – which caused other companies on its supply chain to go out of business – and The Vindicator announced it would shut down Aug. 31. The event is being coordinated with the Democratic National Committee as part of a campaign in eight states, including seven that Trump won in the 2016 election. The race is on to provide a temporary and then permanent fix to get about 55 people back into their homes near Kinsman Lake after ia causeway washed out Saturday morning. The rain-induced washout eliminated the only road in and out of the Lakelands neighborhood and damaged homes. The Trumbull County commissioners signed a resolution Tuesday declaring a state of emergency because of the flood damage. The declaration will be sent to Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency in hopes it will lead to financial assistance for repairs. The Youngstown State University Foundation on Tuesday announced The Marjorie Hartman Foundation established a scholarship and endowment to benefit YSU students enrolled in the pre-veterinary track in biology and chemistry. Applicants are required to live in Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiana counties or Mercer or Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania, and be a full-time YSU student with at least a 3.0 GPA. Hartman, who lived in Austintown, created the foundation shortly before she died in 2008 to help fund and promote animal welfare in the Mahoning Valley. Poland Municipal Forest Board is on track to add an additional deer exclosure to the forest to preserve a section of land to allow plants to thrive unhindered by deer grazing. Forest board member Ian Renne, a professor at Youngstown State University, will give a talk on white tail deer at 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at Poland Library. The board also will be advertising for bids for the Mauthe Bridge restoration project Wednesday. The judge in the corruption trial of ex-Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone, former city Finance Director David Bozanich and downtown developer Dominic Marchionda is requiring the prosecutor to provide grand jury testimony from two key witnesses to the defense. Meanwhile, Sammarone’s attorney filed a response to the prosecutor’s objection to the former mayor’s motion to separate his trial from the other defendants. Sammarone, Bozanich, Marchionda and 10 companies owned by the latter were indicted Aug. 20, 2018, on 101 counts, including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, bribery, aggravated theft and tampering with records involving city development projects. The trial is scheduled to start June 1, 2020. Washington Prime Group, the company that owns Southern Park Mall, plans to demolish the former Sears Auto Repair Center. Renderings of the company's mall redevelopment were published exclusively in The Vindicator April 28 and involve green space for outdoor events and exterior-facing retail, dining and entertainment. An agreement to sell Campbell’s water treatment plant and its customers to Aqua Ohio is being fine-tuned, officials said. The agreement was to be completed by Tuesday, but Jennifer Johnson, Aqua Ohio area manager for the Struthers Division, confirmed the entities were still refining the terms. Aqua Ohio has offered the city $7.5 million. And in sports, Youngstown boxing trainer Jack Loew has returned to his former South Side Boxing Club location at 331 Erie St. Loew said he wants to remain in the sport as either a manager or promoter, but realizes his days as a trainer are numbered. He said his current location at 1714 Market St. was paid for, but had turned into more of a fitness place serving only 10 boxers. “I was paying $1,200 monthly when you include utilities, insurance and taxes, and wasn’t bringing in that amount each month,” he explained. He sold the current facility to Corrections Corporation of America. For more details on these and other news and sports, subscribe to The Vindicator by calling 330-746-6561 or visit Vindy.com

Ohio Dems to commemorate two-year anniversary of Trump’s ‘don’t sell your house’ speech with Youngstown event

The party will criticize the economy under the Republican president

6 benches outside Quaker Steak honor fallen soldiers

Veteran advocates Ken Jakubec, left, and Leo Connelly Jr. helped organize a dedication ceremony Tuesday for six benches honoring local servicemen at Quaker Steak & Lube in Austintown.

Y’town school board takes no action on levy

Special meeting expected to discuss issue further

Trumbull commissioners declare state of emergency as flood-damage estimates reach $3.5 million

Judge permits Youngstown corruption probe defendants to get grand jury testimony from two key witnesses

Ex-Youngstown mayor still wants a separate trial

YSU Foundation announces scholarship, endowment for pre-vet students

New scholarship, endowment to benefit YSU pre-vet students

Area media, community members tour N. Jackson Amazon facility

Mary Jackson, an Amazon associate, sorts packages at the facility. The station employs about 200 part- and full-time workers, and is hiring seasonal associates and leadership positions.

Trainer Jack Loew returns his boxing gym to Erie St. locale

Jack Loew stands inside his South Side Boxing Club, which he moved back to its former location at 331 Erie St. on the city’s South Side.

Ohio bails out its nuclear power plants

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WASHINGTON REDSKINS LB Mason Foster let go on eve of camp RICHMOND, Va. The Washington

Trump threatens Guatemala over asylum deal

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened retribution against

Co-defendant asks for separate trial in murder case

Video of the crime could be prejudicial toward a co-defendant.

MCJFB hosts meets, plans for Canfield Fair

MCJFB hosts meets, plans for Canfield Fair CANFIELD The Mahoning County Junior Fair Board

Second deadline in Aqua Ohio and Campbell water deal passes, deal expected soon

The deadline was July 23

Antitrust probe of big tech launched by Justice Department

Associated Press The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of

Johnson’s chaotic path to power pays off

Associated Press LONDON Boris Johnson aspires to be a modern-day Winston Churchill. Critics fear

Facility for youths will close; was open 1 month

Associated Press HOUSTON The U.S. government’s new holding facility for migrant youth will close

Doherty to appear in ‘Riverdale’ opener

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Dodger Stadium getting major upgrade for All-Star Game

Landmark to get $100 million in renovations

3.1M could lose food stamp benefits

Associated Press WASHINGTON About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the

Food sales and dinners through Aug. 31

THURSDAY Lord of Life Church, 550 N. Broad St., Canfield, will offer drive-through spaghetti

Former Southern Park Sears Auto Repair Center to be razed

The demolition will be done in two phases.

MAXIM DADASHEV, 28

Russian boxer dies after suffering brain injury in ring

Blue Jays’ Justin Smoak singles to defeat Indians

Justin Smoak tied the game with a homer in the ninth inning and knocked in the winning run

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Britt set for hearing LIBERTY Mark D. Britt Jr. of Youngstown is scheduled for video arraignment

SPORTS digest

Sprint, stock cars come to Sharon Speedway Hartford Saturday’s racing at Sharon Speedway will

Wilson’s wheels send Spikes to loss

Mahoning Valley scores 3 of 4 runs off errors

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Scrap metal flattens tires on I-77

Associated Press CLEVELAND Scrap metal from an overturned tractor-trailer flattened dozens of

Scacchetti’s brings Experience and Taste to Canfield

Youngstown food with attitude

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Goldschmidt homers again in Cards’ victory

Hudson gets key strikeout of Bell

“Cooking Ethnic- american style”

“Cooking Ethnic- american style” HOLY APOSTLES PARISH St. Stephen of Hungary Altar and rosary

Ex-Fla. coach McElwain gets another shot at C. Michigan

He was 22-12 with the Gators

Mueller to be joined by aide during his testimony

Ex-special counsel to appear before Congress today Associated Press WASHINGTON Former Trump-

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Roundup targets 2,100 but nets 35

Associated Press WASHINGTON An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump

Butler centennial concert

Butler centennial concert Norman Rockwell’s painting “Lincoln the Railsplitter” is one of the

Defending Tour champ Thomas crashes again

Ewan claims Stage 16 in suffocating heat

Selected local stocks

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Poland forest board plans to add new deer exclosure

Staff report POLAND Poland Municipal Forest Board is on track to add an additional deer

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