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Taliban attack kills top Afghan officials

US commander unharmed Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan A high-level meeting to lay out


Builders Association to construct offices

Builders Association to construct offices VIENNA The Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and


Residents should support mental health, other levies

Editorial: One of the hallmark func- tions of taxpayer-supported government at all levels has long been tending


Probe opened into Pa. clergy abuse

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of child sexual


Review: Renacci didn’t properly report flight costs

Associated Press COLUMBUS Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci traveled repeatedly aboard a


Facebook’s election ‘war room’ sets sights on fake news

Associated Press MENLO PARK, Calif. In an otherwise innocuous part of Facebook’s expansive


Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border

Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY As some 3,000 Hondurans made their way through Guatemala,


Saudi Arabia Trump concedes missing journalist likely dead

President warns of ‘very severe’ consequences if Saudis murdered him Associated Press


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Neighborhood Harvest on Sunday

ICU Blockwatch and St. Dominic Church will host a Neighborhood Harvest from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday


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Poland residents get reprieve from noisy Aqua Ohio project

The site of Aqua Ohio’s $11 million water-treatment upgrade is visible through Holly Fender’s kitchen window. Louder-than-normal construction noise has reverberated through the Poland neighborhood the past two weeks.


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Prosecutor urges Energy Wise customers to contact AG’s office

“We will make every effort to make people whole again,” Gains said.


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Pa. man arrested in triple homicide

The family of slain 10-year-old Amariah Emery remembers her as ‘an inspiration to stay positive.’


$31 million Shepherd of the Valley facility to open 2020

About 200 jobs will be created by the retirement facility.


Youngstown council extends the time downtown hotel owners have to repay a loan

The company received a $2,050,000 no-interest loan from the city in December 2016


Port authority continues to look for commercial airline opportunities

WRPA director will attend airline industry conference


Library renovation is in its beginning phases

The library is seeking the community’s input on what people would like to see included in the building “to help make the main library as attractive and responsive to the community as possible.”


Warren neighbors help cops arrest attempted burglar

An officer spotted the suspect, later identified as Jermaine L. Mobley, 46, of Fifth Avenue in Youngstown and arrested him after a short foot chase.


Poland village business owners discuss crime and clutter

Councilwoman Leah Wilson suggested increasing police presence “until we discourage whatever is happening.”


Sen. Sherrod Brown is being challenged in his re-election by Rep. Jim Renacci

Brown says he’s done much for the Valley while Renacci says the incumbent has done nothing