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Extreme cold numbs 150M in US

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for ...

Youngstown aims to get the lead out

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider four different pieces of legislation Wednesday to address Youngstown’s lead waterline issues. One item would permit the board of control to apply for a loan of up to $13 million from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Supply ...

Seminar sprouts pointers to grow giant pumpkins

CANFIELD — Despite the thermometer reaching 12 degrees below zero, about two dozen people congregated at Parks Garden Center on Saturday morning for a seminar on growing giant pumpkins, led by Tim Parks of the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers. Among the participants was Diane Eisenbrown of ...

DeWine postpones execution of Warren killer until 2029

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued a three-year reprieve on the execution of Danny Lee Hill, who was convicted in the 1985 murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife of Warren. A news release from DeWine’s office states Hill, who was scheduled to be executed on July 22, has a new execution date of July ...

Librarian in Hubbard checks out of lifelong career

HUBBARD — For Mary Anne Russo, life has come full circle. “I grew up in West Middlesex, Pa., and was actually a patron of Hubbard Public Library during elementary and high school,” Russo said. After 37 years working there, she retired Friday. While she held the title of Youth Services ...

Southern Park Mall parcel sold

By DAN POMPILI Staff writer BOARDMAN — The owners of the Southern Park Mall have sold a parcel of the property to a local real estate developer. According to online records from the Mahoning County Auditor’s Office, Southern Park Mall Realty Holding, LLC — a subsidiary of New ...