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


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Phantoms’ Kuntar, Malone headed to Ivy League

The similarities between Youngstown Phantoms forwards Trevor Kuntar and Jack Malone continue to grow.


Southern Park Mall Dillard’s to close May 14

The store’s outlet at Eastwood Mall in Niles will remain open.


YSU, Akron announce 2020 football game

The Steel Tire Trophy will be up for grabs after a 25-year hiatus.


Police: Negley woman stalked East Palestine doctor

The woman posted a $100,000 bond Wednesday and is now on house arrest.


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McDowell powers Struthers past Columbiana

Trinity McDowell had a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds.


Mahoning mental health official cited in crash

Brenda S. Heidinger pleaded not guilty Tuesday to running a red light and colliding with a Youngstown police cruiser and another vehicle carrying an infant.


WEDNESDAY’S PREP SPORTS AT A GLANCE

GIRLS BASKETBALL Ursuline 48, Boardman 38 YOUNGSTOWN Dayshanette Harris scored 21 points and


Claudia Hoerig earns herself another unflattering description: ‘vexatious’

In a victim-impact statement Friday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, relatives of Karl Hoerig used words such as “evil” and “vindictive” to describe Claudia Hoerig, convicted of killing her husband in 2007 in Newton Falls.


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YSO and a stellar cast present concert version of ‘Guys & Dolls’

The classic tunes of “Guys and Dolls” will be front and center when the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra performs the landmark Broadway musical in a theatrical setting Saturday at Powers Auditorium.


Review: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ is big eyes and big effects

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Alita is just like a typical


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Hopewell Theatre to present ‘A Raisin in the Sun’

The Hopewell Theatre will celebrate Black History Month with a production of the classic American drama “A Raisin in the Sun,” which opens Friday.


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Mellencamp return will include ‘Other People’s Stuff’

John Mellencamp the expressionist painter visited town in September for the opening of his exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art.


Two men charged after 5-gas-station robbery spree

Trevor McMillen, 20, of Lodwick Drive Northwest is charged with five counts of aggravated robbery, and Antonio G. Sarnelli Jr., 21, of Hobart Road in Leavittsburg is charged with two.


Trumbull commissioners to OEPA: Don't delay HomeGoods

Specifically, the commissioners asked that the OEPA not have a public hearing regarding environmental issues, saying the company provided a 130-acre buffer zone with a conservation easement “to forever protect the natural resources of this land.”


Hubbard Township speed camera program to start Feb. 18

Citations issued for the first 14 days will include a warning instead of a fine.


Cause sought in Green barn fire

Man taken to St. E’s


Portman academy nominees reside in several counties including Columbiana, Mahoning, Trumbull

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, recently delivered remarks of congratulations at a reception for his Class of 2019 Service Academy nominees and their families conducted at Ohio National Guard Headquarters.


Man faces charges in sex sting

A Rootstown man asked for sex from a 15-year-old girl, unaware “she” was actually a Mahoning County sheriff’s deputy.


Man on federal probation faces theft charge while awaiting prison

Michael G. Malvasi, of Canfield, was sentenced in January to five months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm


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Trial date for 3 in Youngstown corruption case to be set May 31

The three were indicted in August 2018 on 101 counts.


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