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Canfield flies past Lakeside to open playoffs

CANFIELD — The Canfield softball team is no stranger to the postseason. And the Cardinals didn’t waste any time in their first tournament game of the spring. Canfield scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning of a Division III, Northeast 1 sectional fina lto easily take control ...

Ohio Supreme Court to hear class-action property tax case

CLEVELAND (AP) — After Angelo Craig failed to pay his $620 property tax bill, Cuyahoga County officials began the legal process of seizing his house. The same was true when Angela Taylor owed $4,655 against her house in Shaker Heights, and Abraham David’s $3,384 debt in Cleveland, court records show. The county eventually won title to all three homes via legal actions in county court. The three homeowners are now leading a class action lawsuit against the county treasurer’s office, claiming the county unconstitutionally took their money. They aren’t challenging the ...

Shorthanded Ursuline loses to Louisville in sectional final

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ursuline softball team battled more than just the Louisville Leopards on Thursday. First, the eighth-seeded Fighting Irish received an unlucky draw in their bracket, getting paired against underseeded Leopards, last year’s Division III Northeast regional finalists. Then, ...

City considers hiring law firm to investigate viability of SOBE

YOUNGSTOWN – City council will consider legislation Wednesday to spend up to $130,000 for a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term financial viability of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, the troubled downtown utility company. The legislation, sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell, would permit the board of control, of which he is chairman, to sign the agreement with Roetzel & Andress, a law firm whose Akron office has handled some high-profile cases for the city. The legislation states the law firm would assess SOBE’s functionality and “identify financially ...

Lakeview ready for another playoff run after 3rd straight NE8 title

CORTLAND — For most of the season, Lakeview looked to be well on its way to another Northeast 8 Conference title. But a hiccup against Girard on May 5 briefly threw a wrench into those plans. However, after holding off South Range in 10 innings the following day, the Bulldogs clinched ...

Austintown shooting victim identified

AUSTINTOWN — Officials have formally identified the man killed in a Wednesday shooting in Austintown. A press release from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office on Thursday states that St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital informed the coroner just after 8 a.m. Wednesday of the death of Zachary Fisher, 30, of Austintown. The release states only that Fisher was the victim of the shooting and that an autopsy was conducted at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. A news release and police report issued Wednesday afternoon by Austintown police Chief Valorie Delmont states ...