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Mazda’s new SUV CX 90 goes upscale

Business News July 25, 2026

You can have it your way with the new Mazda CX-90, a mid-size SUV that seats seven or eight depending on configuration. Its luxurious appointments will rival German and domestic counterparts while delivering a punch with several engine choices —turbo, hybrid and plug-in variants — to suit your needs and wallet. Trim levels run the gamut from its base Select model in the $40s to a Premium Plus Turbo hovering around $60,000. The four-year-old CX-90 replaced the CX-9 in 2023, a crossover with limited appeal in the luxury segment, featuring a larger cabin and technology advances. ...

City to PUCO: Change or ax heating hikes

Latest News July 25, 2026

The city of Youngstown requested the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio vacate or modify an order that granted significant rate increases to SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which provides steam heat for most of downtown, and grant it permission to intervene in the matter. Law Director Adam Buente, on behalf of the city, made the requests in a filing Friday with the PUCO. The city’s request — like one made June 16 by the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel — to intervene will be considered by the commission or by a PUCO administrative judge. The OCC is the statewide legal ...

YSU student center drive gets $1M boost

This week in history: Youngstown man got pilot’s license after lessons with Orville Wright

Local News July 25, 2026

115 Years Ago, 1911, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator “Local man, Wright pupil, will fly over this city. Albert Elton had displayed unusual ability as a bird man and has interested Orville Wright, who has been giving him lessons at Dayton — Exhibition will be given here on Labor Day — will be given a pilot’s license.” “Youngstown has a real bird man. He is Albert Elton, one of the best known automobile dealers of the city. “Mr. Elton is at present in Dayton, Ohio, learning the fine points of running an aeroplane from the famous ...

Paramount delays closing Warner buyout

National News July 25, 2026

NEW YORK — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether. Paramount said in a filing Friday that ...