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SMARTS HOSTS KICK OFF: Students Motivated by the Arts (SMARTS) will host its annual Fall Kick Off from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at SMARTS, Ohio One, 25 E Boardman St., Youngstown. The interactive event is designed for children ages 18 months through 12th grade and their families, offering a unique opportunity to learn about SMARTS’ free public classes while participating in creative, hands-on arts activities. The event is free and open to the public. Enrollment opens Thursday. To learn more, visit SMARTSArtSchool.org or call 330-574-2787. LONG-TERM PLANNING: The City of ...

Police make arrest in dealership burglary from 2024

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BOARDMAN — A man charged in a 2024 burglary will make his first appearance before the court today. James M. Lilly, 34, of Uhrichsville will stand before Mahoning County Boardman Court Judge Joseph Houser. Lilly is charged with one count of grand theft — a fourth-degree felony, and two counts each of felony theft and breaking and entering — fifth-degree felonies. A Boardman police report states that Lilly was arrested in January after a roughly 16-monthlong investigation into an August 2024 burglary at a Boardman car dealership. Online court records, however, show that Houser ...

Washington Post ordered to reinstate writer

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An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year’s killing of Charlie Kirk. The ruling Thursday said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah, who at the time was the last Black full-time member of the Post’s opinion desk. The arbitrator, Sarah Miller Espinosa, also ordered the Post to award Attiah full back pay and lost benefits. Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to become a top podcaster and ally of President Donald ...

Part of Indianola Avenue to be closed starting Wednesday

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Because of a number of sinkholes, which often means collapse of a sewer line, a stretch of Indianola Avenue will be closed starting Wednesday for about one week. “The sinkholes showed up so we’ll have to dig it out and look for sewer line issues,” said Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works. “Typically when there are sinkholes, it’s because a sewer line collapsed. We’re working on this right away.” The brick-paved Indianola Avenue from Homewood to Poland avenues will be closed for the work though local traffic will be ...

On the record: McDonald

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McDonald WHAT: Board of education meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Donna Shields, Jessica Krumpak, Michael Morris, Nick Gallo and Kristina Merola The board: • Approved a two-year administrative contract for Wilma Sylak as transportation supervisor for 181 days effective Aug. 1 to July 31, 2028. She will be paid $16,000 for 2026-27 year and $16,485 for the 2027-28 year. Sylak handles bus routes and day-to-day operations of the school buses that transport elementary school students • Approved Krumpak as delegate and Merola as alternate to the Ohio School Boards Association ...

McDonald addresses sidewalk improvements, e-bikes

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MCDONALD — Village officials have secured over $1 million for sidewalk improvements in the community with work to be done in 2028. Mayor Ray Lewis said the village secured funding from Eastgate Regional Council of Governments for replacement and for new installation of sidewalks in various parts of the community. He said they will be installed along Ohio Avenue up to the football stadium complex. Sidewalks also will be added to a section of Second Street where there are no sidewalks to help people get to the school athletic complex. He said Second Street would also be ...