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Community need leads to first Symposium on Overdose, Grief & Healing

This first overdose symposium drew 200 participants and 42 organizations from nine counties.


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Task force leader: Home meth lab like ‘small bomb’

This home on Manhattan Avenue was searched Wednesday evening by Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force members, who found methamphetamine being made, and six children ranging in age from 2 to 13 in the home. Three people were arrested.


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Day of Adventure gives kids a day free from cancer stress

Yellow Brick Place cancer wellness group hosted this first kids event.


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Woman arrested by Boardman police tells them she needs help for drug problem

Melissa Chester faces numerous drug charges


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Event brings softball to people with disabilities

Liston Spann, 44, of Youngstown swings at a pitch during the Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio wheelchair softball game Tuesday in the Covelli Centre parking lot. Spann was injured in a drive-by shooting in 1992.


Recruitment, Miracles & Promises Radiothon

Recruitment, Miracles & Promises Radiothon BOARDMAN Recruitment is underway for Miracle Maker


FDA approved hepatitis drug Treating C

By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Health Writer U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat all


Live music performances on television shows this week include:

Live music performances on television shows this week include: v Lindsey Stirling: Tonight on


Chocolate milkshake mitigates migraine

Q. After 50 years of almost daily migraine headaches, I found out by accident that drinking a


Medicine brings back sexual enjoyment

Q. About 10 years ago, I began taking Wellbutrin for depression. Within two weeks I felt better than


Declare opioid crisis national emergency, commission tells president

The White House report outlines steps to help mitigate the overdose epidemic.


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Mother-daughter pair talks to Youngstown summer campers about dangers of drugs

At 13 months old, Skyann Cvetkovich was placed in foster care after her mother was arrested on drug-related charges. She was able to return home at age 5 after her mother got clean.


Can curcumin counteract problems from statins?

Q. I am caught in a dilemma. I have Type 1 diabetes and heart disease. After I got two stents in


Children Services seeks levy replacement amid increasing need for services

Children are the ‘invisible victims’ of the opioid crisis, director says


Mom ODs while taking kids for haircuts

Tells police she knows she’ll be arrested, but kids not in her custody