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Boardman teachers pact approved

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Board of Education during its regular meeting Monday unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the Boardman Education Association (BEA) that includes no raises in the base salary. The board also approved a two-year agreement with the Ohio Association of ...

Tariffs help autoworkers, GM, Trump touts in Mich.

MILFORD, Mich. — In a visit to Michigan on Monday, President Donald Trump argued that his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing even as many businesses contend that the tariffs he’s imposed against Canada and the rest of the world have hurt the ...

Ciccone fails to file routine finance reports

YOUNGSTOWN — The office of embattled Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone failed to file routine monthly reconciliation reports for well over a year until county commissioners agreed to pay an accounting firm to do the job. Based on the recommendation of county Auditor Ralph Meacham, the commissioners voted April 28 to pay up to $25,000 to the Canfield accounting firm of Schroedel, Scullin & Bestic LLC to do the work. When SSB discovered how bad the situation was in the clerk of courts’ office, the commissioners on July 18 authorized an amended agreement for an estimated ...

DETROIT (AP) — A major new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been bruised a bit by international politics. Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey legend whose name is on the ...

4 weekend shootings reported in city

YOUNGSTOWN — Several instances of gunfire were reported in Youngstown on Saturday,, including a felonious assault that involved Shawn M. Grant, 21, being charged with felonious assault for allegedly shooting a woman at the Plaza View Apartments on Plaza View Court on the East Side. A ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 28

Mass shooting at food fest in Seattle may have been gang-related, police say SEATTLE — Police say there were at least three suspects involved in a food festival shooting near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend, and that one of them was among those killed in the violence. Police say they believe there were at least three shooters: a 15-year-old arrested in the case; a 19-year-old acquaintance who died at the scene; and at least one other “unknown suspect.” The 15-year-old waived his initial court appearance Monday. The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. Sunday during the ...