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Mahoning County courts: Marriage licenses

Marriage licenses granted Oct. 27 to 31 in Mahoning County: Vicente Angel Martinez Velez, 46, Youngstown, and Lovelybett Matos Nieves, 33, Youngstown Derek Richard Turocy, 31, Youngstown, and Jacqueline Marie Podolsky, 32, Youngstown Mark Jermaine Johnson, 54, Youngstown, and Tanya ...

City man killed by lion during carnival show

115 Years Ago, 1910 Transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “An enraged lion kills local man. Alfred M. Clark attacked by beast at close of a carnival performance in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and dies in hospital Thursday. Horrified spectators witness unequal ...

Survivor of Holocaust recalls grisly horrors

YOUNGSTOWN — Most people’s housekeepers are hired to perform duties such as mopping floors, dusting furniture, changing bed linens and vacuuming the carpeting, but Erika T. Gold’s family’s domestic worker’s primary duty was far more consequential. “She let us in because we had no ...

County leaders award funds for addicted moms

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County is making more use of opiate settlement money to serve those suffering from substance abuse disorders. On Thursday, county commissioners approved $120,000 in opiate funding to the Western Reserve Port Authority. The Port Authority owns and oversees the Campus of ...

New clerk takes over for commissioners

YOUNGSTOWN — There is a new face at the Mahoning County commissioners’ table, though she has not been elected. On Thursday, the commissioners approved a motion to appoint Maria Knight as clerk of the board. She replaces Nancy Laboy, who retired after the Oct. 23 meeting, having served the ...

Cost of city sewer project rises to $5.2M

YOUNGSTOWN — An expensive project to divert millions of gallons of sewage from the Mahoning River is more costly because of issues with a broken waterline. The city’s board of control on Thursday approved a $44,426 increase in a contract with S.E.T. Inc. of Lowellville, which is doing the ...