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Teen formally charged with murder and felonious assault from last week
Teen formally charged with murder and felonious assault from last week
Sports bookie jailed on probation violation
The FBI in 2001 began investigating Kevin S. Almasy and several others who operated what a tipster called a ‘major gambling racket in the Struthers-Boardman area’
Bill would stop property seizures for bicycle trail
State Rep. Don Manning of New Middletown, R-59th, said he plans to introduce legislation Monday to stop ‘the state’ from appropriating land through eminent domain lawsuits for recreation
Girard council mulls raising legal age to buy tobacco, vaping products
There is a meeting on the Tobacco 21 initiative Thursday.
Mahoning Valley natives earn Tony Awards
Two Mahoning Valley men have earned their first Tony Awards for their work with “Hadestown.”
Agenda Wednesday
Agenda Wednesday ABC Water and Storm Water District, regular board meeting, 2 p.m., Canfield
Quick care, seven days
Quick care, seven days BOARDMAN Akron Children’s Hospital’s Quick Care facility, located at its
ACTION meeting
ACTION meeting YOUNGSTOWN The Alliance for Congregational Transformation in Our Neighborhoods
Vehicle strikes, kills 12-year-old on bike
Associated Press MANSFIELD The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a vehicle struck and killed a 12
Vatican rejects gender change to alarm of LGBT Catholics
Associated Press VATICAN CITY The Vatican issued an official document Monday rejecting the idea
Mother pleads not guilty in newborn baby’s death
Associated Press CHARDON A woman who authorities say put her newborn baby boy in a garbage bag
Rain puts damper on some Ohio farmers
The constant rains are forcing some Ohio farmers to give up hopes of planting any corn this spring and wonder if they’ll have any crops at all this year.
4.0-magnitude quake hits in Lake Erie
Associated Press CLEVELAND Federal geologists say an earthquake of an estimated 4.0 magnitude
Home Savings to present check to Walnut Grove
Home Savings to present check to Walnut Grove CANFIELD Home Savings will present a $5,000 check
Dems press to retain abortion funding ban
Top Capitol Hill Democrats are intent on preserving a four-decade ban on taxpayer-financed abortions despite calls from their party’s presidential candidates to abandon it.
Medical pot laws no answer for opioid deaths, study says
A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal-pot advocates.
Fentanyl, cash found
Fentanyl, cash found YOUNGSTOWN Police late Friday found a large amount of fentanyl and $3,644
mueller report House Democrats make deal to see first Trump files
Associated Press WASHINGTON The House expects to receive the first files of underlying evidence
Helicopter crashes on roof of NYC skyscraper, killing pilot
A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9/11, after an erratic trip across some of the nation’s most restricted airspace. Authorities said they did not suspect terrorism.
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