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Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border

Associated Press SAN DIEGO A judge Friday refused to grant the Trump administration a blanket


Syrian troops recapture vital border crossing

Associated Press JABER AS-SARHAN, Jordan Syrian government forces recaptured a vital border


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Summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman

Summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman


Struthers schools look to curb negative spending by 2020

Despite the gloomy outlook, the district’s financial state isn’t as bleak as the forecast suggests.


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Trial pushed back in freezer case

The case will now be heard in August.


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Seniors create crafts for outreach

The Senior Outreach Services group creates hand-made items to sell and donate.


Youngstown to improve sidewalks around Harding Elementary

The project will cost $155,617.


Silence in newsrooms as 5 slain at Md. paper remembered

Newsrooms across the country paused Thursday to observe a moment of silence for five employees of a Maryland newspaper who were killed a week ago in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.


METRO DIGEST || Pair reach summit of Kilimanjaro

Multiple charges AUSTINTOWN A township woman faces charges of assaulting a police officer after


Craig Beach’s ex-chief gets 5 years in prison for receiving nude teen photos

A former Craig Beach police chief has been sentenced to five years in prison for receiving nude photos of a 16-year-old girl he met on the job.


BUSINESS DIGEST || Auto sales down

Mahoning Valley auto sales were down 12.2 percent year-over-year in June. Auto dealers in the Valley sold 4,611 new and used vehicles, down 139 from 5,250 sold last June.


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St. Nick's Greek Summerfest this weekend downtown

The scent of Greek foods galore permeate the air near St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church downtown, 220 N. Walnut St., for the annual four-day Greek Summerfest.


Agenda Saturday

Agenda Saturday Mahoning County Educational Service Center, 9 a.m., governing board, special


China pushes to end US tech reliance

Associated Press BEIJING Chinese telecoms giant ZTE Corp.’s brush with death after Washington


Iran tells Trump to ‘please stop’ tweeting about oil prices

Associated Press TEHRAN, IRAN Iran’s representative to OPEC says U.S. President Donald Trump


Historic black burial site under playground to get memorial

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA For generations, children would play kickball, hide-and-seek and


Heroin, gun found at shooting scene

Victim was shot four times


Births

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Nathan and Brooklynn Chestnut, Salem, boy, July 4. ST.


METRO DIGEST || Rain delays finale of Y’town fireworks display

Rain delays finale of city’s fireworks display YOUNGSTOWN A delay before the finale of the


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Summary of recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Liberty and Girard

A summary of recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Liberty and Girard