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Community members chip in to help people in recovery
Among those helping the effort are members of a grief support group for whom the challenges of recovery are all too familiar. Members of the local Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP) group put together bags in honor of the loved ones they lost to addiction.
Scrapbook of 1970 Kent State shooting victim will go on display
Sandy Scheuer of Boardman was on her way to class May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University.
Speaker talks about local steel heritage
Many still contend that the demise of the steel industry in the Mahoning Valley decades ago is attributable largely to a failure to modernize operations and equipment.
Kids of all ages visit Toyhio at Metroplex
An estimated 400 to 500 came through the doors between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Local men organized and promoted the show
Food bank distributed record number of food in 2017
Food provides food to the needy in three counties
Valley drug deaths increased 23% in 2017
Police iin Mahoning and Trumbull counties responded to thousands of overdoses last year, and the trend appears to be continuing.