CAIRO (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it is in the “final stage” of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could be announced this week. That could potentially reopen the critical waterway, ease pressure on the world economy ...
Mahoning County voters will consider more than a dozen issues in the Nov. 3 general election. Wednesday was the filing deadline for the fall ballot, and a list provided by the Mahoning County Board of Elections shows four additional levies, 12 renewals and eight liquor permit requests. County-wide voters will decide on a 2.4-mill, five-year additional levy for the Board of Developmental Disabilities. That measure would collect $15,522,964 annually and cost $84 a year for the owner of a $100,000 home. MCBDD has not requested new money since 2000, but MCBDD Superintendent Bill ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County board of trustees has voted to accept a proposed contract with a firm to assist the library system with assembling and implementing its five-year, 2027-31 strategic plan. During its service and personnel committee meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Newport branch on the South Side, the board voted 6-0 to hire Fort Collins, Colorado-based ReThinking Libraries, in partnership with HBM Architects and Interior Designers of Cleveland, to work with the PLYMC on the plan to see what long-term improvements and changes the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police and Fire departments are investigating what they call an arson early Monday in which an 11-year-old boy was rescued from a dog cage in a first-floor bedroom. An unidentified person freed the boy from a locked dog cage while helping to rescue the boy and ...
Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday. The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place ...
LIBERTY — While Liberty’s America250 celebration was forced to be postponed in July, one trustee noted that things ended up turning out great for them regardless. “We got a lot more people this way — they get to see two things at once, and we got a beautiful night, and we’ve ...
