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Privacy of Realty Tower settlement to be decided

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. May 12 for Mahoning County Probate Court Judge Robert Rusu Jr. to hear arguments for why he should or should not seal the records relating to the settlement reached between the relatives of Akil M. Drake and the defendants in the civil suit related ...

West Virginia embraces Trump’s push for coal

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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 years ago and imagines the rusted remains of coal tipples and processing plants coming back to life. Ava Johnson knows West Virginia coal will ...

Community news

Community News

CONCERT EVENT: The Canfield Community concert band will present a special tribute concert, “Salute to Squire: Memories of the Warren Junior Military Band,” at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Zion Community Church, 3300 Canfield Road in Youngstown. Admission to the concert is free, but attendees are ...

Agency approves tax credits for proposed Kimberly-Clark project

Business News

Staff report The Ohio Tax Credit Authority provided Kimberly-Clark with the latest incentive to build in Trumbull County — a 1.837%, 10-year tax credit. During its meeting Monday in Columbus, the authority approved the package. To receive the tax breaks, Kimberly-Clark must operate at the ...

White House focuses on border crackdown

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs ...

Captured fugitive pleads guilty to several felonies

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YOUNGSTOWN — David E. Cobb Jr., 34, pleaded guilty to several felony offenses Monday, including attempted robbery, multiple counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and was sentenced to four years in prison. The ...