The 39th annual Greater Youngstown Italian Fest kicked off Friday and will run through Sunday in downtown Youngstown. The festival runs 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, with children under 12 free. The fest includes many food vendors, nightly ...
More than 30 years after a Poland Middle School student penned a letter describing his great interest in fishing, we finally made good on a suggestion about getting out on the lake together. Kevin Schaffert’s heartfelt letter to me struck a nerve. That a seventh grader would take the time to so earnestly express his love for fishing made a big impression. I replied with encouragement for his fishing. Kevin, his father, Eric, and I soon bumped into each other in town. A youngster as smitten by fishing as Kevin deserved an invitation to hit the lake. But as often happens, lots of ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A judge permitted SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s receiver “to take any action necessary to dismiss” an appeal by the company’s CEO, who abandoned the steam heat utility, to a state agency’s decision to revoke a permit for a controversial waste gasification ...
EAGAN, Minn. — The memory of losing her husband is so hauntingly clear 25 years later that Kelci Stringer could still draw a detailed picture of her hurried path to the hospital room where Korey Stringer died from exertional heat stroke. Having arrived in the middle of the night, she ...
YOUNGSTOWN — After saying for more than three months that the former Bottom Dollar grocery store was the top choice for its new home, Mahoning County Board of Elections officials no longer see it that way and are considering another building. Board Chairman David Betras said Friday: “The ...
NILES — For a second straight night, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers sent out a starting pitcher with an 8.10 ERA against the best team in the MLB Draft League. For a second straight night, the Scrappers starter responded like he was the ace of the pitching staff through five innings. On Thursday, Scrappers starter Alexander Llinas worked five-plus innings, giving up just one run on five hits with six strikeouts in a Scrappers win over Williamsport. Llinas held Williamsport scoreless through five innings but gave up the run without retiring a batter in the sixth. On Friday, Blake ...
