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Agenda Thursday Jackson-Milton school board, 6:30 p.m., high school, 13910 Mahoning Ave., North

Fun for St. Patrick’s Day

Family Features Turn your St. Patrick’s Day celebration into a chance to enjoy Irish heritage with

Ways to get a good night’s rest

Family Features With nearly one-third of Americans suffering from sleep disturbances, according to

Throw a shamrockin’ celebration

Family Features It doesn’t take the Luck o’ the Irish to throw a great St. Patrick’s Day party.

Pi Day March 14, celebrate mathematical constant Pi

Pi Day is celebrated March 14th around the world. The Greek letter Pi is the symbol used in

Police arrest West Side man on gun charges

Robert Varner is prohibited from owning a gun because of a prior felony conviction

METRO DIGEST || On Vindy Talk Radio

On Vindy Talk Radio YOUNGSTOWN Tom Ruggieri, longtime Boardman High School band director, will

BUSINESS DIGEST || Wick Avenue kudos

Wick Avenue kudos YOUNGSTOWN The American Council of Engineering Excellence recently recognized

Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have

Amazon recalls portable chargers amid reports of fires and burns

Associated Press NEW YORK Amazon is recalling 260,000 AmazonBasics portable chargers after

MCESC receives fed funding to help with pregnancies

The $495,00 also will be used to help children at risk for poor birth or developmental outcomes

Democrats, including state Sen. Joe Schiavoni, introduce bill to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour

‘Raising the minimum wage is good for our economy,’ Schiavoni says

Bumpy ride ends

Trump dumps Secretary of State Tillerson Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump

Valley’s January unemployment rate unchanged

The Mahoning Valley’s nonseasonally unemployment rate was unchanged in January 2018 from January 2017 at 7.9 percent.

Surplus food

Surplus food New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St., Youngstown, various commodities, 9 to