For the Rev. Kenneth L. Simon, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Youngstown, Jesse Jackson’s life and legacy were not merely in the abstract; they were real and personal. His father, the late Rev. Lonnie K.A. Simon, who also pastored at New Bethel, was Jackson’s local campaign ...
• YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in the caucus room at city hall to review the 2026 department budgets for community planning and economic development, $5 auto licenses, sanitation and housing demolition. • MAHONING COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE will meet at ...
Vallourec, a multinational steel manufacturer with its main U.S. plant in Youngstown and Girard, announced Tuesday the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Baker Hughes, an energy technology company. With headquarters in Houston and London, Baker Hughes focuses on advancing hydrogen ...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was called to ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25 billion settlement Tuesday to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. The proposed ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A judge agreed to remove Reg Martin as receiver and Kenneth R. Goldberg as legal counsel for the beleaguered SOBE Thermal Energy LLC, which has failed to provide consistent steam heat to most of downtown Youngstown. In a Tuesday judgment entry, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ...