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Quaker Steak & Lube cuts Boardman location

Quaker Steak & Lube’s Boardman location has closed to become the second franchised restaurant under the JDK Management Co. umbrella to end operations this month. The business announced the move Monday morning on social media. “After three decades of service in Boardman, including the last 15 years in our current location, we have made the very difficult decision to permanently close the Boardman, Ohio Quaker Steak & Lube location, effective immediately,” the post said. “We want to extend a heartfelt ‘ThanQ’ to our guests, team members & community for your loyalty, support ...

Brantley Gilbert returns to Covelli Centre

Brantley Gilbert will bring his Real American tour to the Covelli Centre on Oct. 15. Gilbert is touring in support of his eighth studio album, “Sins of the Father,” which will be released July 24. It was co-produced with Brock Berryhill, who’s worked with acts ranging from Twenty One Pilots to Kane Brown, and the lead single is “Good Damn.” Since 2005, he’s had five songs top Billboard’s Country and / or Country Airplay charts (“Country Must Be Country Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” “Bottoms Up,” “One Hell of an Amen” and “What Happens in a ...

Trump reinstates blockade of strait; oil prices shoot up

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is reinstating a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage, after another heavy exchange of fire threatened negotiations aimed at ending the war. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the strait and America would charge a 20% toll on eligible cargo, as the conflict with Iran has intensified after peace talks failed to deliver meaningful progress. “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only ...

State lauds Poland police department

POLAND TOWNSHIP — The Poland Township Police Department has been named the July 2026 Agency of the Month for outstanding community policing efforts by The Law Enforcement Foundation and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. Township police officials said community policing is part the ...

Agenda

• MAHONING BOARD OF HEALTH personnel committee will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the health offices, 50 Westchester Drive, Austintown. The finance committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. • CPED COMMITTEE OF YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at city hall for discussion on grants for downtown business assistance and on Sparkle Market in Cornersburg. • STRUTHERS BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the board offices. There will be a work session at 4 p.m. • CANFIELD TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • ...

ODNR seeks letters to home from soldiers

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, as part of America 250-Ohio, has created the “Letters to Home Trail” near the Mohican Memorial Shrine, which honors 20,000 Ohioans who died in conflicts from World War II to today. The trail will feature a series of interpretive signs sharing the actual words written home to families of Ohio service members during times of conflict. Project organizers are particularly seeking to ensure strong representation from the Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan War and Iraq War, and are reaching out to veterans and their ...