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Veterans celebrated at courthouse rotunda

YOUNGSTOWN — History has well recorded what happened at the 11th hour on the the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, and most Americans understand why the date is still celebrated every year. What they cannot know is what that day means from the perspective of every military veteran or ...

Trumbull will receive less road salt because of mine closure

WARREN – Trumbull County and five other northeast Ohio counties will receive much less road salt than previously ordered because of the closure of the Morton Fairport Harbor mine in Painesville after the company discovered in October there was a large amount of water inflow into the mine. The company laid off 77 employees that worked in the mine because of unsafe working conditions. The Fairport Harbor site is one of Morton’s key rock salt sources, raising regional road salt supply questions for the winter. Trumbull County Engineer David DeChristofaro told county commissioners ...

Is Outlook down? Widespread outage hits Microsoft apps

CHICAGO (AP) — A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. Nearly 130,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after 1 p.m. ET. New reports have since fallen from that peak, but many said they couldn't send and receive emails, or had trouble loading their inboxes altogether. Thousands also reported issues with Microsoft's workplace messaging app Teams, as well as its AI assistant Copilot and ...

Boardman schools issue statement on 'disturbing' report of assault

BOARDMAN — The Boardman school district is investigating an apparent student assault that allegedly occurred last week. A press release from the district states that administrators have seen a video on social media and are scrutinizing whether the bus driver and aide on the district bus followed proper procedures. “The video circulating on social media is deeply disturbing, and this type of incident should never occur. Multiple agencies, including Youngstown and Boardman Police, Mahoning Valley Community School and Boardman Local Schools, are involved in reviewing what happened. As ...