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Former city department heads paid severance

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved severance payments to four former department heads who were not retained when Derrick McDowell replaced Jamael Tito Brown as mayor. The severance payments, approved Monday 3-0 by the board, are mostly for unused sick time, paid at 35% of ...

Tressel visits KSU-Trumbull to champion WorkOhio

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CHAMPION — Job seeking is notoriously daunting, time-consuming and can be emotionally draining. The goal of a new initiative in Ohio is to simplify and personalize the job-seeking process by providing a seamless means to find a job or career training. Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel visited Kent ...

Community news

Community News

KIDS CAREER FAIR: A Kids Career Fair will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center in Canfield. The event is hosted by MCCTC, Valley STEM and City Machine Technologies Inc. The free event will include a hands-on day of exploration. Children can try ...

City board OKs Mill Creek sewer project contracts

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YOUNGSTOWN — The board of control approved two contracts totaling $4,976,362 with MS Consultants Inc. for the Youngstown company to provide construction administration for the first two phases of a sewer interceptor project at Mill Creek Park and to design the latter two parts. The board ...

Two Mahoning commissioner candidates file

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YOUNGSTOWN — State Rep. Lauren McNally, a Youngstown Democrat, and Canfield City Council President Christine Oliver, a Republican, have filed to run for the open Mahoning County commissioner’s seat while two GOP contenders decided not to run. County Recorder Richard S. Scarsella of ...