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City panel orders downtown business to remove barriers

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s design review committee gave Valley Food Systems 30 days to come up with an alternative to the concrete barriers that surround the perimeter of its parking lot. The committee voted Tuesday to deny a request from the company to keep the barriers in place and said Valley Food had 30 days to remove them. This isn’t the first time the committee rejected a request from the company regarding its parking lot. On Feb. 2, 2021, the committee declined to approve Valley Food’s request to erect a 360-linear-foot chain link fence with barbed wire on the top to ...

George E. Johnson Sr., founder of a pioneering black hair care business, dies

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CHICAGO (AP) — George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in black hair care whose multimillion dollar business was the first black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family. Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released. Johnson and his late wife, Joan, started Johnson Products in 1954 on Chicago's South Side after securing a $250 loan. It grew into a hair care empire catering almost exclusively to black people, with brands like Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen. His company was a national sponsor ...

Lordstown seeks voter support for income tax change

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LORDSTOWN — In May 2023, Lordstown voters approved an additional 0.5% income tax to be used for the fire department, which was on top of an existing 1% income tax for the general fund. Village officials will ask voters in November to approve one change to the 0.5% income tax portion that is designated for the fire department so the funds also can be used to build a new fire station. Village council voted at their meeting Monday to send the change of purpose of the income tax issue to the Trumbull County Board of Elections for their review and for approval for placement on the ...

Crews continue to watch W.Va. warehouse fire

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PARKERSBURG — The large plumes of black smoke radiating from the Peoples Cartage warehouse site off of Camden Avenue since early Sunday were gone by mid-morning Tuesday as fire crews continued to douse hot spots at the scene. “The fire is approximately 95% extinguished,” said Wood County 911 Director Dale McEwuen. “What they are doing now is they are checking some hot spots where they know some heat is still coming from. They are going to get into those spots and put the fire out there in those small locations.” Crews were still using heavy equipment, like excavators, to ...

Democrats begin pulling Platner endorsements after Maine candidate faces sexual assault allegation

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A woman who previously dated Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, according to a Politico report released Monday, leading prominent supporters to pull their endorsements and throwing a must-win race for the party into turmoil. Platner denied the allegation, but said he would be considering next steps for his campaign. “Regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we’re taking the time to reflect on the best path forward,” he said in a video ...

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least 22

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 22 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in the country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion, authorities said. All of the ballistic ...