2026-11-06 06:00:06CANFIELD – Text messages criticizing Republican Christine Oliver during her failed bid for Mahoning County commissioner were sent by her own campaign consultant, according to a Canfield police investigation. Oliver said Thursday, two days after she lost by 11.
2026-11-05 09:00:59POLAND – George Joseph Hreha, 76, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at Mercy Health–St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. George was born on April 16, 1950, in Braddock, Pa., the son of the late John R. and Mary P
2026-11-05 09:00:56Right before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would stop providing military aid to Israel, forcing the most dedicated Israel-obsessed antisemites to declare that this, too, was evidence of nothing more than Prime M
2026-11-05 09:00:55CANFIELD – The Canfield Board of Education will be taking a hard look at the recent levy numbers while discussing a path forward at a meeting Nov. 11. “As a board, we will start to have discussions around next steps and financial options at our meeting Wednesd
2026-11-05 09:00:54YOUNGSTOWN – A double-digit increase for Youngstown water customers is coming in January on top of proposed 14% annual sewer rate hikes for the next five years for city residents. Water Commissioner Harry L. Johnson III said Wednesday at city council’s public
2026-11-05 09:00:54YOUNGSTOWN – A comparison between how two major health crises more than 100 years apart should be handled, along with resistance to following such protocols, shows remarkable similarities, a healthcare specialist says. “Max Starkloff, a physician and health co
2026-11-05 09:00:52HOUSTON — Albert Pujols will interview to be the next Houston Astros manager, a person familiar with the scheduling told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the Astros had not publicly released th
2026-11-05 09:00:51Millennial Theatre Company Director Joe Asente didn’t have much interest in “Come From Away” when he first heard about it. “I was a little skeptical when I heard that there was a 9/11 musical, and I avoided it for years,” he said. But when he was looking for s
2026-11-05 09:00:51LIBERTY – A Youngstown man is facing charges after being accused of damaging vehicles in a local plaza area early Wednesday. Rodney Sanders, 37, pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal damaging and appeared on a felony vandalism charge in front of Girard Mu
2026-11-05 09:00:50CATHERINE SKODA SUSANY, 88, of North Lima, died Saturday. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14, Fox Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14, funeral home.
2026-11-05 09:00:47Like most people, Brett Bunker is exhausted by the endless barrage of political commercials everyone has endured for months. “I was just thinking about this the other day, about how many political commercials we’ve seen over the last several weeks, and I haven
2026-10-26 08:00:57NORTH JACKSON —— The Jackson-Milton Local School District has broken ground for its new expansive field house to support the school system’s various sports teams. “The field house is approximately 30,000 square feet. We’re going to house our wrestling here … c
2026-10-26 08:00:57STRUTHERS —— Pumpkins, Paws & Happy Howls was celebrated Saturday on Sexton Street in Struthers. The event featured treats for families and pets, a Best Trunk contest, a Best human-and-pet duo costume contest, and a general costume contest. Winners will be ann
2026-10-26 08:00:55Police activity in Austintown from Oct. 14 to Oct. 21: Oct. 21, 12:20 p.m. A report was taken at 2493 Deborah Court regarding two lost rings. 12:48 p.m. Jenny Cutrone was issued summons at 6100 Mahoning Ave. on theft, drug abuse and drug paraphernalia charges.
2026-10-26 08:00:55U.S. Rep. Mike Rulli, R-Salem, is running for a third term in Ohio’s 6th District. Rulli’s two-plus years in Congress have been peppered with criticisms from opponents. Among them are his clear loyalty to President Donald Trump and his administration and appar
2026-10-26 08:00:52HOWLAND – Robert Lott passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at the age of 95, at Shepherd of the Valley-Howland. He was born on Sept. 19, 1931, in Howland, a son of the late Allen and Anna Evelyn Lott. Bob was a 1949 graduate of Howland High School. He enlis
2026-10-26 08:00:50We keep being told we must debase ourselves further every election cycle. We must embrace the groypers, who are white nationalists, racists and antisemites. We must embrace the racial grievance mongers and the Christian nationalists who never talk about Christ
2026-10-26 08:00:48For more than three decades, Brent Herzberger answered the call to serve, building a military career that took him from the deserts of Kuwait and Iraq to leadership positions training soldiers and supporting military operations across Ohio. Along the way, the
2026-10-26 08:00:48NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Deshaun Watson keeps turning in game-winning drives, and his career revival is keeping the Cleveland Browns atop the AFC North. Watson led his fifth winning drive in the fourth quarter this season, connecting with Harold Fannin Jr. on a 36-y
2026-10-26 08:00:48“There’s a decency we should expect out of our public officials. And I don’t know what’s happened where the standards of behavior are so low that somebody could run an ad like that.” —— Barack Obama, former U.S. president, about an ad against Amy Acton, Democr
2026-10-26 08:00:46SAINT-DENIS, France — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers knew a protective slide was out of the question when he scrambled on a key fourth-quarter play in New Orleans territory Sunday. The 42-year-old star left the pocket on third-and-6 and picked u
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