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Tax abatements performing for county, review council says

Five major tax abatement projects have exceeded job creation, investment projections

Former attorney gets probation for offenses involving Brookfield man’s estate

Eastgate Council hosts annual update for regional governments

Eastgate Council gives annual update to members

Ohio school official convicted of sexual contact with girl sentenced

Assocaited Press BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio An Ohio school superintendent convicted of sexual contact

Former Hubbard attorney to spend three years in prison

LaCivita defrauded clients, lenders of several hundred thousand dollars, court documents say

YPD finds two loaded guns, arrests two, during Sunday stop

Car was parked against traffic

WORLD DIGEST || $1.8M settlement proposed for teen hurt when ride broke

$1.8M settlement proposed for teen hurt when ride broke COLUMBUS A woman critically injured in a

12-year-old Boardman student arrested for school threat

Glenwood seventh-grader faces charges in connection with threat

Elections board allows former Republican Party chairman to remain on ballot

The Valley could get 3 to 5 inches of snow today and Wednesday

Today at 12:15 p.m. is the official start of spring

Leaders caution Trump: Ease up on Mueller

Associated Press WASHINGTON More Republicans are telling President Donald Trump in ever blunter

Ryan tours GM Lordstown

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, toured the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant on Monday.

BUSINESS DIGEST || Claire's files for bankruptcy

Claire’s files for bankruptcy NEW YORK Claire’s, the mall chain that has pierced the ears of

Uber suspends road-testing after pedestrian dies

Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in

Fear mounts in Austin as serial bomber uses tripwire

Associated Press AUSTIN, TEXAS The hunt for the serial bomber who has been leaving deadly

Facebook drags down tech companies as stocks slide

Associated Press NEW YORK Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years Monday and led a rout

Negotiations on $1.3T catchall spending bill near completion

Associated Press WASHINGTON Battles over priorities in a huge government-wide spending bill are

Survey: Most support closing 1 Poland school building

POLAND As school district officials continue to weigh options for the future, they now have a better idea of where the community stands. After a community forum attended by hundreds of people last week, the district opened a survey to which 517 people responded.

Students head to NASA for Mars rover contest

YOUNGSTOWN The rover rolled slowly but steadily up the steep, sandy terrain. It wasn’t on Mars, but the Choffin Career & Technical Center students who designed and built it hope maybe one day it will be. Next month, Choffin’s senior engineering students will head to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center in Cleveland as finalists in the Mars Rover Project, which challenges middle- and high-school students to design wheels for the robots exploring Earth’s neighboring planet.

How healthy is Valley? Not very, study says

The three Valley counties rank among the lowest in Ohio. Delaware County ranks most healthy in the state.