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Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles

Associated Press Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the

YFD to honor late battalion chief during Thursday’s funeral services

Russo, 64, who was a member of the department for 37 years, died after a motorcycle crash Friday in Ashtabula County.

Struthers wastewater treatment superintendent operating without proper certifications

City council will have a special meeting at 6 tonight to “discuss an employee discipline issue” during an executive session.

GM reports decrease in North American revenue

Still, for every billion brought in, eligible hourly employees receive $1,000 in profit sharing.

Two survivors of shootings testified Tuesday in Nasser Hamad trial

One spent three hours on the witness stand, the other testified for a half-hour before the trial concluded for the day. She will resume her testimony at 9 a.m. today.

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Community discusses solutions to opioid epidemic at final Your Voice Ohio event

Media project brought local community members together to tackle opioid epidemic

St. Vincent thrift store open

The store, located at 221 Court St., is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Prosecutor: Defendants brought ‘hell on Earth to Youngstown

Assistant Prosecutor Michael Yacovone told jurors Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court how investigators believe half-brothers David Madumelu, 26, and Daniel Kitchen, 26, killed Joshua Beasley in the McCartney Road parking lot of Four Seasons Flea Market and wounded two women the next day in a shooting on the South Side.

Developmentally-disabled man receives 5-year sentence for molesting boy

Judge Anthony D’Apolito ruled that the child’s vulnerability outweighed the perpetrator’s deficiencies

METRO DIGEST || Fifarek set to take over library position

Fifarek set to take over library position YOUNGSTOWN Aimee Fifarek of Phoenix completed the

METRO DIGEST || Missing child found safe

Child found safe HOWLAND A 7-year-old child reported missing early Tuesday is safe, Trumbull

Prescription-drug take-back day set for Saturday

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and its local law-enforcement and community partners are offering the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday the 14th opportunity in seven years to rid their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.