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Hoerig case on TV

The CBS newsmagazine 48 Hours will air a segment on the Karl Hoerig homicide case at 9 p.m. Saturday.


New irrigation system at Stambaugh golf course

New irrigation system YOUNGSTOWN The city hired a company for $515,500 to replace the 80-year-


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January Cruze sales down 45 percent

The new year did not change the shift consumer preference.

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Campbell donates seized drug equipment to TCI’s garden program

Equipment seized by Campbell police during a drug raid will find new use at the Trumbull Correctional Institute as part of the prison’s inmate agricultural program.


Bresha Meadows apparently coming back home to Warren Sunday

Bresha Meadows, now 16, who pleaded guilty last May to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her father, is expected to return home to live with her mother Sunday.


Youngstown mayor hires retired CPA to help with city’s finances

He’ll work for the city through April 30.


Child rapist gets two life sentences

The Youngstown man repeatedly raped the boy from the time he was 9 until he was 13.


Reinforced cage required before shepherds can go home

The three German Shepherds taken to the Trumbull County Dog Pound after a woman alleged they bit her at Venture Plastics in Newton Township on Jan. 22 will be evaluated to determine if they are healthy enough to return home.


Judge removes Deborah Drawl as Mecca Township fiscal officer

Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ruled to remove Deborah Drawl as Mecca Township fiscal officer Thursday, citing her unwillingness to accept training from other area fiscal officers.


WRTA director says Warren Express likely to see increased frequency

The Warren Express, a Western Reserve Transit Authority bus route that travels between Youngstown and Warren, is likely to see increased frequency sometime this year, said James Ferraro, WRTA executive director.


Boardman police arrest father-son pair on drug charges

Father and son charged with drug trafficking


Judge rules against suppressing evidence in the Jacob LaRosa murder case

The judge in the Jacob LaRosa aggravated-murder case has denied LaRosa’s attempt to suppress evidence obtained by police March 31, 2015, the day LaRosa is accused of killing his elderly neighbor in her home in Niles.


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Read Aloud Day focuses on importance of literacy

Josh Batchelor reads from “Tiki and Ronde Barber: Teammates” to Shelly Culp’s fifth-grade class at Austintown Intermediate School Thursday for World Read Aloud Day. Culp bought the book for Batchelor to spark his interest in reading when she had him as a third-grade student at Watson Elementary.


BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Events

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time


Surplus food/clothing

Surplus food/clothing East Side Crime Watch, 1001 Oak St., corner of Fruit St., Youngstown, food