While it’s been 20 years since a Democrat was last elected Ohio governor, this year’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton is hotly contested. During separate endorsement interviews with this newspaper, the…
Planning, property taxes headline county commissioner race
YOUNGSTOWN — Property taxes continue to dominate the county’s political discourse, but the candidates for Mahoning County commissioner have their…
Youngstown may use speed camera revenue for Flock costs
YOUNGSTOWN – The Mayor Derrick McDowell administration is asking city council to allow revenue collected from those caught by unstaffed…
Efforts to help homeless Valley woman prove elusive
The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle have received several emails since the newspapers published an Oct. 10 article about a homeless…
Youngstown to consider eminent domain for wastewater project
YOUNGSTOWN – City council will consider legislation Wednesday to obtain 13 parcels needed for a major wastewater project through eminent…
DeWine, others reveal details of E. Palestine training center
EAST PALESTINE — New details of a state-of-the-art first responder training center to be built in East Palestine were unveiled…
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Community News
Mahoning Valley SAR chapter marks 10 years
CANFIELD — The Mahoning Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)…
Michelle Ani of Youngstown was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from the…
Youngstown woman gets educator award
BOARDMAN — Military Women Across the Nation (MWAN) announced that Jennifer Baun, a 1984 Boardman High…
Boardman grad named president of MWAN
VIENNA — The Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter supported the U.S. Air…
MOAA gives grant to AFR
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Ramaswamy, Acton discuss property taxes, data centers, death penalty, more
While it’s been 20 years since a Democrat was last elected Ohio governor, this…
YOUNGSTOWN — Property taxes continue to dominate the county’s political discourse, but the candidates for Mahoning…
Planning, property taxes headline county commissioner race
The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle have received several emails since the newspapers published an Oct. 10…
Efforts to help homeless Valley woman prove elusive
Trick or treat times in Valley
Obituaries
Robert E. Gibson 1945-2026
HUBBARD – Robert E. Gibson, 81, of Hubbard, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Addison Healthcare in Masury. Robert was born Oct. 7, 1945, in Natrona Heights, Pa., a son of John A. and Ruth L. Ingram Gibson Jr. He was a 1963 graduate of Penn Hills High School and received his…
Jack A. Jones 1935-2026
Edward A. Flask 1941-2026
MICHELLE L. BURNS, 50, of Poland, died Thursday. SERVICES: noon Tuesday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING…
Oct. 17-18 Area deaths
Local Sports
Columbiana gets better of Bulldogs
ALCS Game 4 postponed by rain
An ideal day at Shenango Lake
No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Indiana prepared for real grind in Big Ten championship rematch
Lifestyles
Religion news
BIBLE WALK: Hubbard First Presbyterian Church will have an indoor trunk or treat and Bible Walk at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Bible Walk includes displays of Adam and Eve, the plagues of Egypt and musical instruments. The event is weather permitting, and there will be old-fashioned games set up outside. SISTERS OF CHRIST: Sisters…
Youngstown church hosts hymn sing
Lotteries
A new Medicare season begins, but some shifts will arrive in 2027
Editorials
Friday editorial cartoon
Guardrails are needed for plate-reading technology
Child welfare system cratering in Ohio
Cornell 7: The end result of modern feminism
Business News
Ohio’s September unemployment rate increases to 3.4%
Ohio's unemployment rate was 3.4% in September, up from 3.3% in August, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday . The state’s Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 5,000 over the month, from a revised 5,693,300 in August to 5,688,300 in September. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in…