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Encore at the Covelli: ’11 surplus tops $126K
Downtown arena maintains three-year operations trend
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN 11The arena made a $126,314 operating surplus
Taxpayers United group wants pension reform
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com BOARDMAN An anti-public-pension group called on state
Awning OK’d for downtown bar
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Eight months after first requesting permission
Rights, camera, action: Court launches new video system
There were a few minor audio glitches, but overall city officials say the new Youngstown video- arraignment system worked well on its first day.
Coalition to sponsor walk against crime
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Westside Citizens Coalition members and
Turnout to be light despite GOP race
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Voter turnout in the Mahoning Valley for the
OFFICIALS GIDDY, UPBEAT ABOUT NEW AUSTINTOWN RACE TRACK PLAN
PENN NATIONAL NOW WANTS TO BUILD THOROUGHBRED RACETRACK IN AUSTINTOWN
Penn National Gaming Inc. is now planning to build a thoroughbred horse-racing track in Austintown rather than a harness track.
Wilson gives $175K to his ’12 campaign for Congress
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN In his effort to recapture the congressional
New video system up, running next week in Youngstown court
Sheriff’s department will stop providing video-arraignment services Monday
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A new $22,000 video- arraignment system for
Mahoning elections board official gets 10% raise
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Saying both jobs have equal responsibility and
Gains, Macejko agree to a televised debate
The two Democratic candidates in the hotly contested Mahoning County prosecutor’s primary race will meet Feb. 22 in a televised debate.
Campaign-finance reports out
Jerry Greene, one of three Democrats running for sheriff, is the only Mahoning County candidate on the March 6 primary ballot to raise more than $100,000 during the last half of 2011.
Early voting begins Tuesday in Ohio
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Ohioans wanting to vote early in the primary
Mayor aims for action on health districts
Mayor Charles Sammarone wants a decision by the middle of next month from Mahoning County on whether it’s still interested in merging the city and county health districts.
Entities team up to make city cleaner
Youngstown, Mahoning County and the Ohio Department of Transportation will better coordinate litter cleanup efforts to be more efficient and effective.
US Sens. Brown, Portman will be in Valley for events
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The state’s two U.S. senators will be in the
Gains, Macejko continue war of words
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN In a war of words, Mahoning County Prosecutor
Williams cites skilled labor deficit
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Former Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams, who
State program aids debt collection
A new program to help local governments throughout the state collect debt will be based in downtown Youngstown, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said.
Charter panel starts under the gun
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN At its first meeting, the city’s charter-
Lordstown GM worker to be guest of Brown’s in DC
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com NORTH JACKSON A Lordstown General Motors complex worker
Strickland criticizes Romney, Gingrich; praises Santorum
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Ex-Gov. Ted Strickland sharply criticized Mitt
Plans sink for upgrading downtown building
After failing to receive state historic tax credits twice and other setbacks, the plans of the owner of an agency to revitalize the long-vacant Kress Building in the city’s downtown are essentially over.
Erratic winter weather picks up
4 to 8 inches of snow expected by noon
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Don’t put that shovel or snowblower away
Quakes prompt earlier bridge checks in Youngstown
Board OKs $49,635 to inspect all 55 now
After 12 earthquakes in 10 months, city officials are moving up the once-every-two-year inspection of Youngstown’s 55 bridges.
Former state lawmaker Thomas Gilmartin dies
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Thomas P. Gilmartin, a 26-year member of the
Occupy group drops injunction request
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Occupy Youngstown has withdrawn its request
Sheriff’ Wellington’s ending of video process disputed
Some city, county officials question sheriff’s motive
City officials and the Mahoning County board of commissioners’ chairman don’t see how the sheriff’s decision to cancel video arraignments at the county jail saves money.
youngstown Panel to review city’s charter
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A committee will meet Monday for the first
Klacik to drop out of treasurer’s race
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Another candidate who failed to gain the
Dinner benefits family of Youngstown teen, first homicide victim of 2012
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Nicole Nored, the mother of a teen slain last
Brown: Kasich’s decision on wells was right
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, said Gov.
Mother of slain officer supports alert system
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN It took two days to capture the murderer of
Stocker drops out of county race
Struthers Mayor Terry Stocker is out as a Mahoning County commissioner candidate after he failed to win the county Democratic Party’s endorsement for the seat.
Supreme Court appoints official to oversee Youngstown Muni dispute
After 16 months of inaction, the Ohio Supreme Court appointed a master commissioner to oversee a long-standing dispute over new court facilities between the three municipal court judges, and the city’s administrators and council.
Betras to again ask to be appointed to elections board
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Rejected three months ago for a seat on the
Public and private meetings to address geology, regulatory issues related to well
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Two Ohio Department of Natural Resources
D&L rails at Hagan, mayor
2 officials’ comments described as ‘cynical’
The company that operated a shut-down brine-injection well sharply criticized state Rep. Robert F. Hagan and Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone for statements they made to The Vindicator about a study the company will fund near and around the well.
US stimulus funds pay for 850 new Youngstown lights
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The city is using $91,649 in leftover federal
Endorsements loom large
Saturday’s endorsements from the Mahoning County Democratic Party could mean a lot in some of the
Mayor seeks injection-wells moratorium
State Sen. Joe Schiavoni calls for public hearing in Valley
Mayor Charles Sammarone will ask city-council members today to support a moratorium on injection wells in Youngstown after the 11th earthquake in the past 10 months shook the city.
NEWS STORIES of the YEAR
The uproar over a ballot issue to stop some collective- bargaining rights for public employees, tense negotiations between
Friendly opposition
Struthers neighbors display their loyalty to 2008 presidential candidates
Tom Vasvari, right, greets his neighbors Darryl Heavrin and Susan Kondos of Eve Drive in Struthers. Vasvari has a sign supporting the 2008 campaign of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden; Heavrin and Kondos have a sign supporting U.S. Sen. and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
New filing deadline looms
For those seeking U.S. House seats, a Dec. 7 filing deadline was a practice run. Leading up to
Youngstown council examines Exterran history
City officials downplay concerns over fatality at Texas plant in 2007
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Safety is always an issue with industrial
$13.2M shale-spurred project to bring 103 jobs
Exterran to build natural-gas compression facility at Salt Springs Business Park
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The proximity to the Utica and Marcellus
Youngstown Parks Department to hire recreation director
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Members of the city’s park and recreation
Jay Williams, Portman discuss recovery
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN U.S. Sen. Rob Portman discussed the need for a
2 won’t be on primary ballot
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Two candidates who filed to run for an open
youngstown Revenue from income tax increases
City may end 2011 with $41,850,000 in income tax
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The city will reverse a four-year trend and
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