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Center aims to end addiction

Liberty drug addiction center combines medication, therapy to treat patients


Black WWII unit hailed at event in Youngstown

Ina R. Madison became highly emotional when she handled her late husband’s military outfit for the first time in several decades.


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The fight continues say attendees of Black History Month’s Feast of Salads

Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown urged attendees at Saturday’s Black History Month’s Feast of Salads to pass their personal “black history” on to their children and the young people in the community.


YSU students dance to help Akron Children's

Students at Youngstown State University were dancing for dollars Saturday during the third annual Guinathon, a dance marathon to raise money for Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley.


Williamson’s first student council

Williamson Elementary has its first-ever student council ready to engage with the school and the surrounding community.


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Book unearths Kent’s impressive rock history

Kent is no ordinary place. The only real college town in northeast Ohio, it has always been a lightning rod for what is in the air.


JCPenney celebrates 50 years in Hermitage

From the road, one would be forgiven for assuming the Shenango Valley Mall in Hermitage is just another empty reminder of an era of retail before Amazon and the proliferation of Walmarts across the nation.


PSU-Shenango hosts engineering lecture Thursday

Matthew Caputo will lead the discussion at 5:30 p.m.


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A burger for the blue-collar worker

This month our burger travels took us to a well-known pub in the city called Chesty’s Blue Collar Tavern.


Job fair for teachers set in Canfield

The Mahoning County Educational Service Center is hosting its annual teacher recruiting event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 4.


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Liberty teen has rare condition of only 100 in US

Jessalyn Hartsfield, second from right, a Liberty High School cheerleader, was born with a rare form of dwarfism. . She chats with fellow cheerleaders during a recent basketball game at the high school. They are from left, Breanna McCain, freshman; Alyssa Helco, sophomore; Trinity Howard, freshman and Taylor Howard, senior.

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