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BIRTHS

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Christopher and Kelly Paloski, Youngstown, girl, May 30.


Mahoning County EMA completes first storm-damage relief

More than 400 homes and businesses surveyed the last three days.


Cleanup continues at OhioMeansJobs office; 2 other area centers remain open

Staff report Due to the extent of the flooding, cleanup and repair operations at OhioMeansJobs


Employee kills 12 at municipal building

Gunman fatally shot by police Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. A longtime city employee


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Canfield grads 'talented group'

Commencement speaker Jeanne Mosure gave her last piece of advice to Canfield High School’s class of 2019 in the form of a quote. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”


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Tornado victims remembered

It’s been 34 years since the tornado of May 31, 1985, killed nine people in Niles on its way to killing 19 others throughout Trumbull and Mercer counties, but new plaques dedicated Friday at the former Niles Park Plaza brought back real-life recollections of that day.


Youngstown is burning through wastewater money as it refuses to raise sewer rates

The city has spent $3.8 million over the first four months of the year from the fund


Main suspect in freezer case pleads guilty

Sentencing set for June 14


Judge orders early release for man convicted of sex abuse of 5-year-old

Michael J. DeBlasio, 70, has served only eight months of a two-year sentence for touching a 5-year-old boy’s genitals


YPD recognizes its finest with awards

More than 50 awards given out at annual awards luncheon


Prosecutors: No clemency for robbery accomplice

Hattie Gilbert and Taran Helms were waiting for Joe Kaluza as he left the city’s South Side KFC to deposit $300 at a bank


Boardman residents express flooding frustration

Mike Sprague of Holbrook Road said his and others’ township properties take on water after any sizable rainfall, and it’s been that way for at least 15 years


Man gets 9 1/2 years in overdose death

Convicted of supplying drugs that led to fatal overdose


BIRTHS

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Sharaysia Bunch, Youngstown, boy, May 28. Kyle and


Missing teen sought

Missing teen sought YOUNGSTOWN City police are looking for Bryla McKelley, 17, who has been