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Some interesting stories buried in today's Vindy
I just finished reading today's paper. There can only be a few front pages, but there are lots of inside pages with cool nuggets on them.Check out:-- Page A8 and the stories on Haitians eatiing mud pies and the Baltimore schools considering paying kids cash prizes for school successes. Since ...
Super funny dude coming to Stambaugh; second show added
Word's out today that one of the funniest comics going is adding a second show at Stambaugh in March.I say comic and not ventriloquist because the latter sometimes evokes thoughts of cheesy humor. Dunham's funny. Here he is with "Achmed the Dead Terrorist." Check him out with "Walter. Here's the press ...
'Stop the violence' a basketball cheer?
Lots of yells and screams can be heard coming out of any high school basketball game around the area.It's hard to adjust, however, to a cry of "Stop the violence."But that was one student's plea Friday night as fans of Chaney and East high school hoops teams left East High. ...
Cheers to this Vindy letter writer: 'Nothing beats skating outdoors'
Nicholas DuBos had a perfectly timed letter in Sunday's paper. He longed for the days of outdoor skating at Mill Creek Park. He dissected the demise of the rink and outlined an example of outdoor skating in Pittsburgh and some perspectives from other rink operators. It's a good letter. Check ...
Pavlik report: June 7 fight in NYC vs. Duddy
While boxer Kelly Pavlik's Feb. 16 rematch with Jermain Taylor is the main focus of the Youngtstown fighter's crew right now, there is behind-the-scenes work on his next fight, and reports are out today that the fight is set.Pavlik's rematch vs. Taylor is not for the world middleweight title Kelly ...
How Canfield, Ursuline, Chaney and Mooney are all one happy family
So on the back of today's sports section, we have a FANtastic page -- the sometimes weekly photo page inside of Blitz.On the page, we ran a special feature sent to us by Cynthia Zordich. It's a photo story of her niece, Bryanne Halfhill, scoring her 1,000th point last week ...
Stay here for fire reports all day
Readers:A tragic fire killed 6 people today in Youngtstown, including 4 kids. We have three staffers working the fire and will be updating it online all day with news and photos. Of course, a full report will be in Thursday's Vindicator and on vindy.com.
Story about shot Poland man irks some readers
Today's post is directed to some folks chiming in on community blog. But if they're concerned about it, it has value for others. You can get the gist of the bloggers' complaints just reading below. But for full unerstanding, you can read the original blog thread here.*** Folks: Can I join ...
Mr. Conglose, be careful. The public could get insulted
Carmen S. Conglose Jr., Youngstown's just-retired public works deputy director, is a little angry these days. More to the point, he's insulted. He's Mayor Williams' hand-picked person to get a $41,538 (max pay) part-time job with Youngstown to coordinate traffic lights. Yet the group charged with signing off on his ...
'Cloverfield' in the Vindy
On my desk is a cd-rom media kit on the movie ''Cloverfield.''Just about everyone who's stopped in my office says "Wow -- how'd you get the movie already?" I try to stay up on pop culture, but this thing has totally missed me.Anyway, in Friday's Vindicator, we'll have coverage on this ...
Columbiana sheriff needs to step down
Logic finally overcame arrogance for Columbiana County Sheriff Dave Smith. He turned in notice Monday that he's not going to run for sheriff after all in 2008. Read the story here.Smith is charged with DUI. Tests show his blood alcohol was twice the state limit. Here's an early story of ...
Vindy wants opinions on online degrees; one official responds
A candidate for Mahoning County sheriff, David Aey, is running into some questions about his qualifications.State requirements for the office is the person at least have an associate degree. Aey has one, but it is from an online institution.Here's a piece from our story last week from David Skolnick: Aey ...
Moms, dads, teens: See Monday's B5 in Vindy
It's the headline "Real mom sells car, gains cool" .... and remember to check out the Pavlik contest on the back of the sports section.
So you think you know Kelly Pavlik?
It's tough to walk anywhere these days in the valley and not bump into a Kelly Pavlik something or other.It's also impossible to not meet someone whose brother dated a girl who worked with a guy who once was the contractor for the company that was supposed to fix the ...
Send us FANtastic photos
We're halfway into the weekend high school sports events. Please remember to send us your pictures from the sidelines. We want to keep going our weekly Blitz fantastic page. It's a page for the fans. But we need fan help.Below is a bit that ran in The Vindicator on Thursday. ***Readers ...
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