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Board of health will appeal finding

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown Board of Health will appeal an Ohio Department of Health audit finding for recovery of $88,104.08 due to inadequate documentation in 2010 in the local HIV/AIDS Prevention and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control programs.

Family in Boardman finds bat in house

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com BOARDMAN Potential human exposure to a rabid bat found

Turn the Town Teal downtown Youngstown to draw attention to ovarian cancer

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Rose Mary Flanagan Ovarian Cancer Foundation

Modern & comfortable

ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital improvement updates continue By WILLIAM K. ALCORN

Mandarin added to languages used for training in Mahoning County

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Mandarin Chinese has been added to English as

West Nile, swine flu absent from Valleys so far this year

Though the Valley has avoided the West Nile virus and this year’s version of the swine flu, conditions are ideal for the threat to intensify

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning Valley has so far avoided the

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Girl’s mission: Help the homeless

Tiny Olivia Helmick’s caring heart is as big as her smile.

Baiting for rabies will begin Friday

Staff report COLUMBUS The state’s fall oral rabies-vaccination program to control the spread of

Jerry Springer rallies Valley’s Obama team

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com BOARDMAN Ohio holds the key to winning the presidency in

Nurses picket at Northside

Contract negotiations between ValleyCare Northside Medical Center and its registered nurses were to resume today, but scheduled talks for Friday were canceled by ValleyCare Health System of Ohio when nurses started informational picketing.

910th drops in on Ravenna

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com VIENNA Propelled by a drag parachute, the simulated

Despite split decision, UWs vow to work together

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Mahoning and Trumbull United Way leaders say

Health board applying for state WIC program

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning County Health Board is applying

Board OKs Oakhill lease agreement

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown Board of Health approved a

Romanian-American veterans share bonds in their experiences, heritage

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Legion of Romanian-American Volunteers, a

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Ohio park will honor War on Terror veterans

The names of 304 Ohio veterans who died in the War on Terrorism, engraved onto the east side of the Ohio Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall, will be unveiled at noon Saturday at Ohio Veterans’ Memorial Park.

Robotic surgical assistant

Surgery center at St. Elizabeth in Youngstown has technical advantage By WILLIAM K. ALCORN

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SEEKING HELP

American Legion Post 472 starts Road to Remembrance campaign

American Legion Post 472 on East Indianola Avenue is seeking the community’s help to finance an expansion of its post home and make it handicap accessible.

Remembering baby Aubrey with benefit golf scramble

Golf scramble proceeds will go for research of spinal muscular atrophy By WILLIAM K. ALCORN

Valley Rescue Mission seeks support for Like-A-Thon

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The community is invited to help the Rescue

Anti-poverty agency to host open house

Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action

Officials hope to move program by Labor Day

adult day services

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Mahoning County health officials expect to

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BAD BUGS

The drought in Northeast Ohio, while hard on crops and gardens, has an upside: It has kept mosquitoes at lower than usual levels.

Nurses at Northside OK strike notification

Northside Medical Center nurses, upset about the lack of progress in contract talks with ValleyCare Health System of Ohio, have authorized the union negotiating team to give a 10-day strike notice to the hospital system.

Campbell man needs transplant of bone marrow

EVENT WILL HELP MATCH REGISTRY

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com CAMPBELL Chris Gonzalez, husband, father and

Dogs help vets recover

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Dogs are the stars of one of the two programs

Team Bannon ready to ride again for ALS

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Team Bannon, which includes siblings Breen O.

YGDNA: Staffing levels are unsafe

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown General Duty Nurses

Brown touts program for veterans

Army veteran Pedro Colon Jr. says his acceptance into a new federal program to train unemployed military veterans for high-demand jobs is life changing.

Filling the gap

To battle child hunger, local backpack program is ... By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com

Health providers throughout Valley applaud 5-4 ruling

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Supreme Court’s ruling that the

Program aims to help veterans prepare for workplace, find jobs

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN United Methodist Community Center has

Leadership considering merger option

united way

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A vote is imminent on the proposed merger of

Nurses at Northside, Hillside in talks with ValleyCare

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The head of the Youngstown General Duty

Board wonders about effect of merger

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning County Mental Health Board wants

Medical society honors Dr. Albani

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Dr. Thomas E. Albani Jr. was recognized as

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D.C. event to pay tribute to late Valley Vietnam vet

James “Jimmy” H. Brahney, Vietnam War hero and daring Air Force test pilot, will be recognized Thursday — Flag Day — at the In Memory Day ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Death leads to scrutiny of Grace Woods senior facility

Fired care assisant faces charge of patient neglect

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com NILES A state investigation into the April 9 death of an

Do area hospitals support the Affordable Care Act?

FATE OF NATIONAL HEALTH-CARE LAW RESTS WITH SUPREME COURT

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN | alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN 11111But the real issue, they say, is that

Lost soldiers now found

Valley post commander rediscovers gravesites

Seven deceased veterans, two with previously unmarked graves, will be the center of attention at American Legion Post 247’s Memorial Day service at Poland Township Cemetery.

24 members of the Grantonic family have served in the U.S. military Love of Country

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN | alcorn@vindy.com BOARDMAN 11“I didn’t know what was going on. My

Child deaths stay level after '06

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN After the peak of 69 child deaths in Mahoning

Program celebrates mental health

No county mental-health boards in Ohio work better together than those in Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties, a Mahoning mental-health official said.

Upgrades planned by HMHP

Humility of Mary Health Partners plans to spend $203.3 million to add patient capacity at its hospital here and upgrade its hospitals in Youngstown and Warren by creating all-private patient rooms.

The Strike That Changed The Rules

The Strike That Changed The Rules

Valley groups receive funds for food

Facebook campaign

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Mahoning Valley received the lion’s share of $1 million in grants presented to three Mahoning Valley nonprofit hunger-relief organizations today by the Walmart Foundation.

Military medical group honors Northside surgeon, Col. Dr. Marx

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com LIBERTY Army Reserve Col. Dr. Robert J. Marx has been

Rich Center receives gift

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A $5,000 gift to the Rich Center for Autism

Postal carriers to collect food items

By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Members of National Association of Letter

With $1M prize, Mahoning Valley pantries make room for more produce

There will be many thousands of pounds of additional fresh fruits and vegetables on the menu of Mahoning Valley food pantries and kitchens because the tri-county area won $1 million in grants from the Walmart Foundation.

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