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Dear Annie: She’s hoping to heal a hurting blended family

DEAR ANNIE: I’ve been married for 35 years and have four children and seven grandchildren. We are a blended family. All the children lived with, and were raised by, my husband and me. One of my daughters was always kind of a black sheep, always doing things outside the box. As a young child, teen and adult, she always did it differently. So much so that, as she got older, it actually started to hurt our family and the other children. She moved out in her early 20s, and I thought things would get better, but they just got worse. Then she came and told us she was pregnant and getting ...

Jazz series announces summer lineup

Nine concerts are planned this summer for the 2026 Jazz in the Park concert series. It opens this Sunday with the Nightcap Band from Youngstown and the Urban Jazz Coalition, which last month played the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival with Brian Simpson, this year’s headliner for Youngstown Wine & Jazz Festival. Other shows this season include: • July 19 — John Reese & Backbeat and Rick Ward Project • July 26 — Andy Bianco Group and Royal Bayyan & Friends • Aug. 2 — Melrose Eve and The Band with No Name • Aug. 9 — Mikaela Renee and special guest artist to be ...

Straw Hat hosts ‘Monsters’ and their killers

A teen production of “She Kills Monsters” is the next offering in the Straw Hat Theatre summer season. Qui Nguyen’s play is the story of a young woman who is leaving her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When she finds Tilly’s “Dungeons & ...

YSU festival features more artists and children’s village

Summer Festival of the Arts always draws a crowd, whether it’s at its original — and current — location at Youngstown State University or the years it was at Wean Park downtown. This weekend it won’t be the only big event on campus, which could expand attendance. The first day of the ...

YLIVE preps double dose of music at Stambaugh Stadium

When JAC Live President Eric Ryan and COO Ken Bigley first talked of doing a concert too big for the Covelli Centre, they envisioned Stambaugh Stadium as the perfect venue. Now YLIVE returns to the stadium for the first time since 2019 and for the first time as a two-day event. Six acts ...