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Backyard chicken trend causes spike in infections, one fatal

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Luke Gabriele was a healthy 14-year-old football player in


Last-minute rebound lifts S&P 500, Dow to new highs

Associated Press A last-minute surge nudged U.S. stock indexes mostly higher Thursday, barely


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campbell COURT Two candidates are running for Campbell Municipal Court judge. An * denotes the


Is it ‘murder insurance’ or protection in self-defense cases?

Associated Press ATLANTA The National Rifle Association is offering insurance for people who


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Project 180 donation YOUNGSTOWN Home Savings Charitable Foundation recently donated a check for


Puerto Rico still stumbles in the dark after storm

Puerto Rico still stumbles in the dark after storm SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico One man climbs 24


Hunter case ends

Hunter case ends YOUNGSTOWN Dario Hunter, Youngstown Board of Education member, announced what


Trump’s border-wall models take shape

Associated Press SAN DIEGO The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump’s


Kelly defends Trump on condolence calls

Associated Press WASHINGTON He started by describing the reverent handling of America’s war


Mercer Co. D.A. charged with multiple criminal counts

Mercer County District Attorney Miles Karson is charged with 17 misdemeanors, including obstruction of government functions, officially oppressing an arrest or search warrant, and hindering prosecution, according to a complaint filed on Thursday in Mercer County Magisterial Court.


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Wick Avenue improvement project will be done by next week

The road from Wood Street to McGuffey Road has been closed for more than a year.


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Maple Ave. at Southern Blvd.to close for 5-day project

The busy Boardman intersection will close Monday.


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Last of Valley blast furnaces coming down

At one time, the Mahoning Valley’s steel industry had dozens of blast furnaces.


New judge will preside over Struthers Municipal Court

The campaign has been aggressive and marred with accusations of wrongdoing.

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Youngstown council OKs purchase of closed St. Vincent DePaul hall

There are two potential buyers for the property.


Lockup List Thursday — Mahoning Co. jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity.


Canfield council hopes to move forward on annexation

Council will have a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the annexation proposal.


Feds indict 12 in credit-card skimmer case

The group targeted communities in at least four states, including Austintown, the indictment says.


Man gets four years in Poland Burger King robbery

The judge doubled the prosecutors’ recommended sentence.


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Braking Point locations searched in federal probe

Investigators served search warrants at Braking Point Recovery Center in Austintown, an associated location in Columbus and BPRC owner Ryan Sheridan’s Leetonia house Wednesday. The multi-agency investigation is being led by the Cleveland branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.