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Toledo hopes conduct pact with police will serve as model

Associated Press TOLEDO A coalition representing minority groups in Ohio’s fourth-largest city


Kasich calls for new discussion on guns to stem violence

Associated Press CLEVELAND Ohio Gov. John Kasich says gun owners and backers of gun-control


Quake kills at least 140, injures 860, Iranians say

Associated Press TEHRAN, IRAN A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the region along the


US carries out 3 drone strikes against extremists

Associated Press MOGADISHU, SOMALIA U.S. forces say they have carried out three drone strikes


Lebanon PM: I’ll be back to seek settlement

Associated Press BEIRUT In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation


Study: Women less likely to get CPR from bystanders

Associated Press ANAHEIM, CALIF. Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and


Newspaper tallies 33,293 dead migrants

Associated Press BERLIN A German newspaper has published a list of 33,293 people it says died


Youngstown police arrest woman in stabbing of man at her South Side home

The suspected assailant said she is nine months pregnant


INSIGHT INTO HAMAD

On Oct. 5, 2016, one month before a dispute between Nasser Hamad and his girlfriend’s family came to the attention of Howland police through multiple 911 calls, Hamad got a stiff rebuke from a Trumbull County Common Pleas Court magistrate over his behavior toward a former business associate.

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Schools CEO Mohip fights another district war

Mohip and Youngstown teachers are again at war over various policies implemented this school year


Recovery experts point to long-term treatment options in the Valley

Your Voice Ohio answers questions


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Ceremony honors military veterans

The rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse was packed with military veterans and supporters Saturday to honor all military members who have served in peace and in wartime.


Valley lawmakers renew call for renaming of bridge

In honor of Veterans Day, state Reps. John Boccieri of Poland, D-59th, and Michele Lepore-Hagan of Youngstown, D-58th, renewed their call for support of legislation to designate the bridge on Mahoning Avenue spanning state Route 11 in Austintown the Women Veterans Bridge.


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Ballet Western Reserve takes new approach to holiday show

Area dance fans are in for something new when Ballet Western Reserve presents “Classic to Contemporary: A Holiday Celebration of Dance.”


METRO DIGEST || Walt Whitman event

Walt Whitman event SALEM The Salem Historical Society will feature “Walt Whitman: Bard of the


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Library hosts Disney Princess and Super Hero fundraiser

Samantha Sodemandressed the part – and her mother donated a book – for Saturday morning’s fourth annual Disney Princess and Super Hero breakfast fundraiser at the Poland branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 311 S. Main St.


ARMED FORCES

ARMED FORCES VETERANS VietNow settlement Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and 23 other state


MILESTONES

MILESTONES STATE PATROL Promoted to sergeant Daniel J. Dubelko, a state trooper with the Ohio


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UAW leaders: Merger will secure future

Dave Kimmel and Mike Sullivan, United Auto Workers Local 1714 retirees, remember the years of negotiating spent to keep UAW workers safe from injury at the GM Lordstown fabrication plant.

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Agenda Monday

Agenda Monday Austintown Township trustees, noon, town hall, 82 Ohltown Road. Boardman Township