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Employment opportunity at OH WOW! center YOUNGSTOWN OH WOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones


CD RATES

CD RATES The table shows the annual percentage yield as of Wednesday. All yields given in percent.


White House: Trump picks DHS leader

White House: Trump picks DHS leader WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will nominate his deputy


Odd bedfellows fight Trump bid to boost coal, nuclear energy

Associated Press WASHINGTON The Trump administration says coal is back and nuclear energy is


Man sues city over arrest after creating parody Facebook page

Associated Press CLEVELAND A man acquitted of a felony for creating a fake Facebook page that


AP-NORC poll: North Korea nuke advances spook many Americans

Associated Press WASHINGTON North Korea’s nuclear weapons development is spooking many


Deadly California fires explode again

Associated Press SANTA ROSA, CALIF. Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires burning


Pressure rises for police to explain response time

Associated Press Pressure mounted Wednesday for Las Vegas police to explain how quickly they


As Weinstein scope widens, who knew?

Associated Press NEW YORK As the grim scope of the allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein


Turning Technologies to cut 20 positions

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Downtown tech company Turning Technologies announced to employees this


Youngstown lawmakers take wait-and-see approach on finance chief

The director hasn’t been charged with any crimes.


Library director candidates share their vision

One will replace Heidi Daniel, who left for a position in Baltimore.


Effort to join 2 MetroParks groups stalls

Leaders of the effort to merge Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens and Mill Creek Park Foundation say the proposal doesn’t go far enough.


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YNDC opens doors for rehabilitated historic home

After months of renovations, the YNDC hosted an open house Tuesday for the reclaimed property at 3726 Glenwood Ave. on the city’s South Side.


Lockup List Wednesday — Mahoning Co. jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity.


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Canfield annexation remains in limbo after special meeting

Canfield Township, city have 16 days to reach agreement on a potential JEDD


Airport, airline to begin mediation today

The mediation is with Aerodynamics Inc., which briefly offered flights from Youngstown to Chicago.


Injection-well company applies for 3 more wells on same Brookfield site

Highland Field Services, the Pittsburgh company that has permission to drill two injection wells near the Wyngate Manor manufactured home community off state Route 7 just north of Brookfield Center, has applied to construct three more wells on the same site.


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Former student becomes teacher at old school

“When I saw the [teaching] opportunity, I was really excited,” Pluchinsky said. “The first thing I actually did was I told my mom, and we went through and dug up all of my old school pictures. There were just so many fond memories ... and through the entire interview process, everyone told me, ‘What was meant to be will be,’ and I didn’t trust it at first, but it really worked out.”


Downtown developer's trial set to start Dec. 11

Magistrate Dominic DeLaurentis of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday accepted the written not-guilty pleas of Marchionda, 58, of Poland, and the companies.