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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.


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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


Births

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Michelle Dunmire, Youngstown, girl, June 8. Alyson


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.