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Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor calls her primary opponent an out-of-touch liberal

Taylor says Mike DeWine wants people to believe he’s conservative, but he’s not

Selected local stocks

Selected local stocks STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE Alcoa Inc., .1254.86+0.39 Aqua America, .71

Alleged chemical attack is brutal end to Syrian town

Associated Press BEIRUT The suspected chemical weapons attack on Douma was a brutal finale for a

How Facebook ads target people

Associated Press NEW YORK If you want to tailor a Facebook ad to a single user out of its

Sunday news shows

Sunday news shows Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week”: To be

Task force will study US Postal Service

Associated Press WASHINGTON After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon,

Judge allows taped testimony of dead woman

Associated Press COLUMBUS The videotaped testimony from a woman who died two years after she was

Explosions rip through Syrian capital

Loud explosions ripped through Syria’s capital early Saturday and the sky turned orange as Syrian air defense units fired surface-to-air missiles in response to joint airstrikes by the United States, France and Britain.

Niles superintendent: Levy would only keep us afloat

If Niles voters approve an emergency 5.85-mill school levy May 8, the annual revenue of $1.3 million “will only keep us afloat,” Superintendent Ann Marie Thigpen said at a public forum Wednesday.

Football-playing amputee inspires students at Hubbard High

A work accident forced Brad Hurtig to adapt to life without hands.

Taste of Struthers draws more than 400, shows off 18 vendors

The 5th annual Taste of Struthers drew more than 400 attendees and featured 18 food vendors from the city.

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United Way honors stand-outs at annual meeting

The event also included awards to a variety of volunteers and entities for their campaigns that helped raise more than $3.1 million for the agency in 2017, as well as their contributions to the community.

Shawn Hope convicted of murder, kidnapping, robbery, could get life with no parole

The jury in the Shawn Hope trial returned guilty verdicts on all counts Thursday, finding that Hope killed John P. Kellar, 41, of Niles.

YBI graduates 12 women from WE Create Program

The Youngstown Business Incubator’s Women in Entrepreneurship Program graduated 12 women from its WE Create Program on Wednesday.

Same sentence reimposed in Toney case

The 7th District Court of Appeals sent the case back to Judge Sweeney for resentencing, ruling she did not include the necessary language when she sentenced Toney on why consecutive sentences were necessary.

Woman cited at raid had kids with her during another raid

Officers found guns, 34 bags of marijuana, pills, cash and a scale, and said the home was in such bad shape they immediately deemed it uninhabitable.

Contract OK’d to build riverfront amphitheater, park downtown Youngstown

This artist’s rendering shows the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheater and riverfront park along the Mahoning River.

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Agenda Saturday

Agenda Saturday Craig Beach Village Zoning Commission, 9 a.m., Village Municipal Building, 2538

Surplus food/clothing

Surplus food/clothing East Side Crime Watch, 1001 Oak St., corner of Fruit Street, Youngstown,

Births

Births St. Elizabeth boardman Caitlin Walden and Justin Patterson, Newton Falls, boy, April 11.