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‘Jumanji’ tops ‘Post,’ ‘The Commuter’ at MLK box office

‘Jumanji’ tops ‘Post,’ ‘The Commuter’ at MLK box office NEW YORK Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson,


Dr. King’s words still inspire nearly 50 years after his death

Associated Press ATLANTA Though his voice was silenced nearly 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin


Ohio opioid woes: 1 reason drug lawsuits brought to state

Associated Press COLUMBUS The role that drugmakers and drug distributors played in contributing


Ohio Turnpike will give communication radios to fire, police

Ohio Turnpike will give communication radios to fire, police BEREA, OHIO The commission that


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Kaila Gerasimek and Adam Vasil, Warren, boy, Jan. 12.


Police: Man faces kidnapping charge after using boy as ‘shield’

Associated Press WEST CHESTER, OHIO A sheriff said an armed man used a 10-year-old boy as “a


honoring the legacy of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Coming together

By SEAN BARRON news@vindy.com WARREN When it came to describing walking alongside Trumbull


Missile-alert mistake feeds doubts about real emergency

Associated Press HONOLULU A blunder that caused more than a million people in Hawaii to fear


Plane dangles off cliff after skidding off runway

Associated Press ISTANBUL, TURKEY A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing


US set to cut UN funds for Palestinian refugees

Associated Press WASHINGTON The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions


Guns or grass? Firearm-owning marijuana fans in Pa. face choice

Associated Press HARRISBURG, PA. The federal government says grass and guns don’t mix, and that


Trust, truth under Trump: Americans in a quandary

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. When truck driver Chris Gromek wants to know what’s really going


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DoubleTree hotel to open in March

The DoubleTree by Hilton will be the first hotel in downtown Youngstown since the Voyager Motor Inn closed in 1974


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Makerspace class spurs imagination for old-fashioned fun

Materials used to spur the imaginations of children were found around the house and the library


Victims’ family recall city’s worst mass murder

Carol Crawford, daughter, grandchildren, victims in worst mass murder in city’s history on Jan. 23, 2008


Warren house fire

Warren house fire WARREN Fire crews in Warren Township worked to put out a house fire on


Why did these killings have to happen?

One cellphone. Six people. It doesn’t add up, yet that was the equation that police and


Blood Drives

Blood Drives MONDAY Westminster Presbyterian Church, 119 Stadium Drive, Boardman, 1:30 to 7


MILESTONES

MILESTONES education Ph.D. from Duquesne Matthew N. Srnec received his Ph.D. in chemistry from


Columbus police shoot, kill suspect

Associated Press COLUMBUS Police officials are sorting out the details in the fatal shooting of