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Homicide rate in Youngstown drops 58% since 2021

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YOUNGSTOWN — Carl Davis, whose five years as Youngstown police chief ended on Wednesday, remembers that his first year as chief in 2021 had its challenges, including 31 homicides in the city. The number dropped to 13 homicides in 2025, the lowest number since at least 1967, the earliest year ...

YSU QB Brungard wins FCS’ Walter Payton Award

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It’s been an eventful month for Beau Brungard since Youngstown State’s season came to an end at the end of November. The junior quarterback has received countless honors and awards in recognition of his breakout 2025 campaign. He was named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive ...

Trump: After capture of Maduro, US will run Venezuela

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CARACAS, Venezuela —- The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a stunning military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office — the culmination of months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the ...

Positive economic news bolsters Valley in 2025

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An innovation hub for Youngstown, data centers planned for Lordstown, a Fortune 500 company rolls into town and an international steel company confirms its investment in Mahoning and Trumbull counties. That was 2025. What will Mahoning Valley’s business and industrial community do for an ...

Roll call of Youngstown’s 13 homicide victims in 2025

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Here is a roll call of the 13 victims of homicide in 2025 in Youngstown: 1 Brandon Ogden, 27, shot to death Jan. 10 on Ohio Avenue on the North Side. Jonathan Simmons, 30, who is charged with murder, is set for trial Feb. 2. 2 Resean Graham Sr., 42, was found shot to death on Griselda ...

More thrifting and fewer returns

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NEW YORK (AP) — The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as millions of people hunt for post-holiday deals and get in line to return gifts that didn’t fit, or didn’t hit quite right. Holiday spending using cash or cards ...