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Boardman breaks ground on safety services memorial

Raised nearly $60,000 for the project in the last year

Judge rules against defense motion in murder case

Trial set for April 29

Summary of recent criminal activity in Girard and Hubbard

A summary of recent criminal activity in Girard and Hubbard

Senate passes heartbeat bill

Associated Press COLUMBUS The Republican-led Ohio Senate has again passed a measure to ban

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US health officials move to tighten sales of e-cigarettes

U.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online

Boeing aircraft grounded in US, Canada

Associated Press WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order

Manafort gets 7 years, faces more charges

Associated Press WASHINGTON Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a

Canfield Township budgets $2.5 million in 2019

The township budgeted with a total of about $6.6 million in anticipated revenues, which includes an about $4.5 million carryover

Struthers athletes honored at council meeting

Student athletes from the high school bowling team and eighth-grade girls basketball team were recognized.

UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

In a tentative first step toward ending months of political deadlock, British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement, triggering an attempt to delay that departure, currently due to take place on March 29.

Senate GOP effort on Trump border wall seems to fall short

A late Republican effort to prevent President Donald Trump from an awkward Senate defeat over his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border seems to be collapsing

Fiat Chrysler recalling nearly 900,000 vehicles on emissions

Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 900,000 vehicles because they don’t meet US emission standards

One of Youngstown’s last living Holocaust survivors dies

Jerry Kinast of Liberty and his sister Terri Anderson reflect on the life of their father, Henry Kinast, a Holocaust survivor who died over the weekend, as they hold a photo of him.

TSA removing passenger screening equipment at Youngstown airport

The equipment is being relocated to New Orleans, which apparently “had a need for it,” said John Moliterno, executive director of the Western Reserve Port Authority, which runs the airport..

Mahoning Valley’s unemployment rate 7.2 percent in January

Trumbull County ranked 17th in the state of Ohio for highest unemployment rate.

Trumbull officials release report on harassment allegations

A 64-page report from an investigation into harassment allegations by Trish Nuskievicz, Trumbull County Planning Commission director, goes into exhaustive detail regarding the many conflicts among Nuskievicz and various officials.

Campbell school district leases land for solar power savings

Solar power will play a major role in powering the schools.

Former Vindicator Spelling Bee runner-up passes on legacy

Last year’s second-place winner is passing on her legacy to her sister who is participating in this year’s bee.

Juvenile has murder case bound over to common pleas court

The 17-year-old is charged with murdering a 15-year-old who was trying to sell cell phones on Youngstown's South Side.