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Youngstown firefighters battle East Side blaze

Youngstown firefighters battle East Side blaze YOUNGSTOWN Crews responded to a vacant house fire


Poland council avoids public group home discussion

When Susan Maruca looked for a home for her aging mother, she wanted to find a place close to her own home, near her mother’s church and in a neighborhood with other retirees.


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Howland will not oppose annexation at mall development

The old St. Joseph Riverside Hospital sits empty, vandalized and condemned on Tod Avenue on Warren’s West Side. St. Joe’s relocated its staff to the former Warren General Hospital on Eastland Avenue in 1996. The city has been unsuccessful in getting its current owner, Euro-American Finance Network Inc. of Leesburg, Fla., which owes back taxes, to clean it up.


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Operation Fill A Cruiser collects toys for less fortunate

Standing in front of a police van they were filling with toys at Youngstown Police Department’s fourth-annual Fill A Cruiser campaign Saturday in the St. Christine Church parking lot are, from left, Youngstown Police Officer George Wallace, Deputy Kirk Mines, Lt. Frank Rutherford, Officer Melvin Johnson and Officer Michael Bodnar.


Easy Street Productions’ holiday revue hits 30 years

Back in 1989 when Easy Street Productions staged its first Chrismas revue, co-founder Todd Hancock never could have imagined that the show would become a tradition that has endured for three decades.


New Castle teen killed Sat., friend charged

A teen was accidentally shot and killed at a New Castle home on North Liberty Street early Saturday morning.


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Son of John York and Denise DeBartolo York dies at 35

Tony York, the second oldest son of John York and Denise DeBartolo York fo Canfield, owners of the San Francisco 49ers, has died at the age of 35.


METRO DIGEST || Holiday services

The Vindicator will publish a listing of area services open to the public in observance of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services will be published Dec. 22 on The Vindicator’s Religion page.


METRO DIGEST || Burglar pistol-whipped

Youngstown police say a man pistol-whipped an attempted burglar at his West Judson Avenue home Thursday night.


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Wreath-laying ceremony pays respect to veterans

Vietnam veteran Stan Baytos of Berlin Center lays a wreath at the gravesite of a veteran in North Jackson Cemetery Saturday morning.


Agenda Monday

Agenda Monday Boardman Township trustees, 4 p.m., township government center, 8299 Market St.


400 years later, natives who helped Pilgrims gain a voice

Natives who helped Pilgrims gain a voice in Plymouth’s celebration By WILLIAM J. KOLE


Guidelines for holiday tipping

By LIZ WESTON NerdWallet Holiday tips are a way to thank the people who make your life easier.


Statue of Liberty’s original torch moved to museum site

Statue of Liberty’s original torch moved to museum site NEW YORK The Statue of Liberty’s


TRUMBULL COUNTY COURTS

COURTS TRUMBULL COUNTY Docket Citimortgage Inc. et al v. Patricia A. Wiltrout et al,