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LIMELIGHTS & CAREER PATHS

PROMOTED After six months working as the general manager for Ben Weitsman of New Castle, a

MILESTONES

MILESTONES state patrol Trooper of the Year The Hiram Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol

Tactical fighter, parachute team to perform at air show

Tactical fighter, parachute team to perform at air show DAYTON A tactical fighter and a

POLICE CALLS IN GIRARD, LIBERTY AND HUBBARD, AUSTINTOWN, CANFIELD

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

By the numbers

By the numbers Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley Statistics provided by one of the Valley’s

publishers weekly best-sellers For the week ending Dec. 10

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Origin” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 2. “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham

Blood Drives

Blood Drives today St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Donor Room, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown,

A look at what didn’t happen last week

Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of last

Poland Middle School students learn about future career paths

Poland students hear from doctor, lawyer, journalist, and more on Career Day

Operation volunteer

Associated Press BOLIVAR, Pa. Rus Davies and Greg Clark have never served in the military, but

Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Kaley Reeder and Warren Newhouse, Youngstown, girl, Dec.

New member joins Rich Center advisory panel

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN The Paula and Anthony Rich Center for Autism welcomes new advisory board

The ripples of Simeon

Opinion: Simeon Booker was a pebble. When he dropped himself into 1950s America, he created ripples that

Volunteers place wreaths at Arlington cemetery

Volunteers place wreaths at Arlington cemetery ARLINGTON, Va. A huge number of volunteers

Sign-ups show health law’s staying power in Trump era

Associated Press WASHINGTON A deadline burst of sign-ups after a tumultuous year for the Obama

For GOP, tax bill’s most visible win may be averting failure

Associated Press WASHINGTON Despite the sheer size and society-spanning impact of the $1.5

Zoo officials to take Fiona the hippo off bottle feeding

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden says Fiona the baby hippopotamus will soon eat nothing but grown-up hippo food as she’s weaned from her bottles of formula.

Aqua interested in Youngstown's system

Aqua Ohio on Friday delivered a letter of interest to the mayor for the purchase of Youngstown’s water distribution system.

Youngstown mayor-elect releases names of applicants for cabinet

There were no applicants for finance director, and a national search will begin.

Canfield chemistry class state winner in national contest

Tom Slaven’s advanced placement chemistry class burst into cheers Wednesday when they heard their submission to the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest is a state winner.