State reports to ditch letter ratings in ’22
School leaders no longer have to worry about getting an “F” grade on the state report card, because the “A-F” system of rating districts will cease to exist ...
Local lights up Olympics Games
To work at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Warren native Tori Piper had to be vaccinated, tested, quarantined and tracked with an app she uses ...
Agenda
• AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet 6 p.m. today at the township administration building. • BOARDMAN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet 5:30 p.m. today at the ...
Community news
GARDEN CLOSING: Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek MetroParks will be closed to the public beginning 3 p.m. Friday for the annual Summer ...
Michele E. Chance 1958-2021
Lt. Col. Benjamin A. Fielding 1969-2021
FT. DRUM, N.Y. — Benjamin A. Fielding, 52, formerly of Youngstown, loving husband of Jolene Schmitt/Stokes Fielding, died of natural causes at ...
Business briefs
EXPANDED TEACHER DISCOUNT AT MEIJER: Meijer has added office furniture and kids’ apparel to the more than 1,500 items on its annual 15 percent off discount for ...
Jobless rates rise in Mahoning Valley
Regional chamber, foundation join forces for new lecture series
Pros and cons of using weed barrier fabric
Q: We want to put down weed barrier in our landscape, but we just heard it is not the best idea. Can you explain why and tell us what does work? A: The great ...
Valley Grows calendar
Create a garden with scraps from the kitchen
Be prepared to react if plan isn’t a success
Workers who emerged from pandemic-induced, work-from-home situations (or outright unemployment) to return to workplaces this spring and summer may not have been as ...