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Surplus food
Surplus food Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road, Youngstown. Various commodities, 9:30 to
Attorney: New racist threats at GM plant
Workers who sued General Motors after nooses and racist graffiti were found at its largest U.S. transmission plant nearly two years ago are still facing racial harassment, their attorney said Thursday.
East Palestine chamber host awards program Monday
The award presentations will be at the municipal building at 7 p.m.
MAHONING COUNTY | Indictments
MAHONING COUNTY | Indictments A Mahoning County grand jury Thursday indicted these people on
Canfield debates development proposal
A consulting firm studied downtown Canfield’s business makeup and appearance and suggested improvements for a more vibrant city center.
President: US will develop space-based missile defense
President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tech systems designed to more quickly detect and defeat attacks.
Watchdog: Thousands more kids separated
Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations long before the border policy that prompted international outrage last spring, a government watchdog said Thursday.
Hospital safeguards ‘failed tremendously,’ patient’s widow says
The announcement involving patients from the past few years raised questions about whether drugs were used to hasten deaths intentionally and possibly illegally.
government shutdown Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his speech
Associated Press WASHINGTON She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her an
Trump’s lawyer walks back earlier remarks
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Thursday walked back comments from the night before in which he maintained that he had “never said there was no collusion” between Russia and members of Trump’s 2016 White House campaign.
Chicago police officers acquitted
A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, dismissing as just one perspective the shocking dashcam video of the black teenager’s death that led to protests, a federal investigation of the police department and the rare murder conviction of an officer.
Valley expecting 6-12 inches of snow Saturday
Snow-removal crews are prepared to work round the clock to clear roads.
Premeditation may be key issue in Claudia Hoerig murder trial
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins and John Cornely, attorney for Claudia Hoerig, agreed Wednesday in opening statements in her aggravated-murder trial that she killed her husband March 12, 2007, by shooting him three times.
Youngstown officials hopeful potential fund violation will be resolved
Officials with the city and state auditor’s office met privately Wednesday.
Trumbull Children Services seeking foster parents
Trumbull County Children Services is seeking more community members to become foster parents as the number of children who need temporary homes continues to rise.
Warren chief, captain support officer in principal's ticket dispute
Police Chief Eric Merkel and Capt. Jeff Cole both say they are “100 percent” behind the school-resource officer who wrote a parking ticket for a Jefferson K-8 School principal who parked in a handicap parking space Jan. 8.
Mathews school resource officer probe continues
Mathews schools Superintendent Russell McQuaide declined to provide specifics about a nearly monthlong investigation of Vienna Police Sergeant Michael Sheehy, the schools’ resource officer, by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
WRPA hosts last meeting at Penguin Place
The Western Reserve Port Authority hosted its last meeting at Penguin Place, 240 N. Champion St., on Wednesday as the building will soon be demolished for student housing.
Austintown man faces charges in child-abuse case
A teacher first noticed several whip marks from the 5-year-old pupil’s wrists to shoulders, according to Austintown police.