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BIRTHS

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Debra Delp and Ray B. Abercrombie, Youngstown, girl, Oct.

Agenda Friday

Agenda Friday McDonald school board, 7 a.m., special meeting, high-school library, 600 Iowa Ave.

Kmart center to close

Kmart center to close WARREN A Kmart distribution center on Perkins Jones Road Northeast will

Extra costs for disputed Vienna sewer project pegged at $2.2 million

CD RATES

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

Boy calls 911 over pills belonging to grandma

Boy calls 911 over pills belonging to grandma BOARDMAN Police arrested a township woman at her

Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Alcoa Inc., 36.830.64 Aqua America, .20

President mocks GOP election losers

Some Republicans kept their distance from the president Associated Press WASHINGTON Rejecting

Sessions out as attorney general

Move has possible implications for Mueller’s probe Associated Press WASHINGTON Attorney

Tech and health care lead US stock surge after midterms

Stocks rallied Wednesday as investors were relieved to see that the U.S. midterm elections went largely as they expected they would. Big-name technology and consumer and health care companies soared as the S&P 500 index closed at its highest level in four weeks.

Pelosi starts bid for speakership with kind words from Trump

Vilified by Republicans on the campaign trail, Nancy Pelosi emerged Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s preferred choice to become speaker of the House, arriving on Capitol Hill with an air of inevitability after leading her party back to the majority.

After Trump confrontation, White House suspends CNN’s Acosta

The White House on Wednesday suspended the press pass of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after he and President Donald Trump had a heated confrontation during a news conference.

NYPD salutes K-9 just before she loses cancer battle

The New York Police Department gathered about 20 saluting officers and held an aviation flyover to honor an Emergency Services K-9 just before she died.

Mahoning Valley’s congressional reps win re-election

Tim Ryan and Bill Johnson cruised to wins Tuesday.

Election results reveal time’s up for Betras, Polivka

Opinion: It has long been an article of faith in Ohio politics that as Mahoning and Trumbull counties go in statewide elections, so goes the state.

18 Youngstown school district employees lose jobs

The employees will be out of a job, effective Dec. 31, but the district will continue to pay their health insurance through June 30.

Family grateful for help from Home Depot, Veterans Commission

Scott Signor had a good job and a beautiful home on Fifth Avenue until a fall at work left him on disability.

Mahoning voters OK issues for mental health, children services

Mahoning County voters on Tuesday backed the increase of a 1.35-mill, five-year operating levy for the county Mental Health and Recovery Board and approved renewal of a 1.85-mill levy that makes up about half of the county Children Services budget.

Youngstown Crab Co. — Its "best" title is justified

I love seafood, and I love it a lot.

Voters give OK to 3 levy renewals

Three local school levy renewals have been approved in Mahoning County. But an income tax in West Branch and a new type of school levy in Niles were defeated.