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West Virginia Senate considers historical Bibles in classrooms

Local News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some lawmakers in the West Virginia Senate want to put copies of the first Bible printed in revolutionary America in certain classrooms, but an effort by others to amend the bill to include the Catholic Bible failed. Senate Bill 388, requiring public elementary or ...

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Community News

PUMPKIN GROWING: The Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers Club is offering its annual Beginners Giant Pumpkin Growers seminar 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Parks Garden Center in Canfield. The free seminar will be led by Tim Parks, who will discuss the arts and sciences of growing giant pumpkins. ...

AAA: Gas prices in area jump

Business News

Staff report Gas prices are 10 cents higher in Northeast Ohio this week at $2.898 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Monday. As winter weather grips much of the nation, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded has gone up six cents over the ...

SOBE customers lose heat, hot water

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — With temperatures dipping below zero and wind chills even lower, SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s 28 customers in downtown Youngstown were without heat and hot water because the beleaguered utility had to shut down its boiler. SOBE informed its customers, who make up most of ...

Farmers, WesBanco release earnings

Business News

Staff report Canfield-based Farmers National Banc Corp. touted its 2025 results in releasing its fourth quarter results Wednesday. Farmers reported net income of $14.6 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to $14.4 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, ...

Bill would ease efforts for larger townships to become cities

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Legislation introduced by state Rep. David Thomas would make it easier for larger townships to become cities with the Republican who represents portions of Trumbull County saying he’s talked with officials in Austintown, Boardman, Howland and Liberty about the bill. “A township government ...