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METRO DIGEST || Road work on Wick Avenue

Road work on Wick Avenue YOUNGSTOWN Wick Avenue between Westbound Service Road and Madison


BMW recalls SUVs

Associated Press DETROIT BMW is recalling more than 85,000 SUVs in the U.S. because a mat that


Youngstown schools administrative offices begin move out of West Wood Street

Will become home to Youngstown Early College


US retail sales surge – most in more than 2 years

Associated Press WASHINGTON Americans increased their spending at retailers last month by the


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Michael and Jessica Provenzale, Canfield, boy, Oct. 12.


Social Security recipients will see 2 percent boost in 2018

Associated Press WASHINGTON Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get


BUSINESS DIGEST ||

Applications accepted BOARDMAN Applications for sheet- metal worker apprentice openings will be


Man pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide for fatal crash

Prosecutors will recommend three-year prison sentence


5 arraigned on felony drug charges

Four arrested by YPD, one by state patrol


GM Foundation gives to five local organizations

GM Foundation awarded $110,000 in grants to five local organizations on Friday.


Man found on Cohasset with gunshot wound to back

Police believe he was shot somewhere else


Las Vegas gunman targeted responding police, fuel tanks

Associated Press LAS VEGAS The gunman who sprayed more than 1,000 bullets into a Las Vegas


Hubbard woman gets makeover on “Live with Kelly and Ryan”

Samantha Reid will be on the show Monday


Judge refuses to lift freeze on Trump grant policy

Associated Press CHICAGO A federal judge in Chicago on Friday denied a request by the U.S.


Trump won’t pull out of ‘worst’ Iran nuclear deal for now

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday angrily accused Iran of violating


Family returns to Canada after five years in captivity

Family returns to Canada after five years in captivity TORONTO U.S.-Canadian couple Caitlan


Teams report first progress against wine country wildfires

Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. A fifth day of desperate firefighting in California wine


Facebook posts allowed in trial

Facebook posts allowed in trial WARREN An order allowing the defense and prosecution to use


washington Trump’s blow to health law jolts politics, consumers

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to cut off federal payments to


Trump applies chaos strategy to health care, Iran nuke deal

Associated Press WASHINGTON Unable or unwilling to completely erase his predecessor’s signature