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oddly enough

oddly enough Driver: I wasn’t on my cellphone, I was eating a McDonald’s hash brown WESTPORT,


Births

Births St. Elizabeth boardman hospital Stelianos and Katina Frangopoulos, Youngstown, girl,


Lordstown schools plan quarterly reports

Lordstown schools plan quarterly reports LORDSTOWN With the announced closing of the GM


Microsoft surpasses Apple for world’s top spot

Software maker closed Friday with $851B market value Associated Press Microsoft’s big bet on


Breach exposed up to 500M guests

Marriott crisis emerges as one of the biggest hacks on record Associated Press NEW YORK


Quakes shake Alaska

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered


BULLETIN Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

BULLETIN Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94 Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated.


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Riviera Creek medical marijuana facility prepares for first orders

The company meshes science, medicine and horticulture in an ultra-secure facility just outside of downtown Youngstown.


Attorney general raids two JFS-contracted Medicaid providers

They provided non-emergency transportation for Medicaid-eligible county JFS clients, such as trips to doctor’s appointments


Liberty teacher on paid leave following theft charge

Police say the teacher never turned in money from her cheerleading squad or for a kindergartener's lunch and kept three laptops.


Mahoning commissioners price 911 upgrades

Proposed equipment and software upgrades would allow police from different county departments to share information and location


One part of mystery of woman’s death solved

Found in Utah, police now seek her killer


Austintown school board could raise sports GPA cutoff

Austintown school board President Don Sherwood said during a Wednesday work session the district’s 1.5-point GPA requirement for athletic participation is “embarrassing” and called for it to be raised to 2.0.


What to know before Campbell’s town hall Saturday

The fate of Campbell’s water plant may finally be decided at the meeting.


Historic Uptown Theater is up for auction

Interested parties can bid on the historic theater along the Market Street corridor starting Saturday morning.