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Obama assails ‘indecency’ of Trump in NE Ohio rally

CLEVELAND -- Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in battleground ...

Early voting surges throughout Ohio, nation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in Ohio and many of the other states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day. In Texas, early voting is ...

Trick or treat hours in the Valley

MAHONING COUNTY Oct. 31 Austintown 5:30-7:30 p.m. Beaver Township 5-7 p.m. Beloit 5-7 p.m. Berlin Township 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Boardman 5-7 p.m. Campbell 5-7 p.m. Canfield city 5:30-7:30 p.m. Canfield Township 5:30-7:30 p.m. Ellsworth 5-7 p.m. Green 4-6 p.m. Jackson 5-7 p.m. Milton ...

Trumbull auditor candidates seek efficiency, transparency for office

WARREN – The candidates seeking to become the next Trumbull County auditor both vow the office will be open and transparent to residents looking to understand the office’s inner workings and how local taxes are collected and used. Edward Stredney, 45, a Democrat, is a Niles ...

5 years of sewer rate hikes proposed

YOUNGSTOWN – A study commissioned by the city administration calls for 14% annual sewer rate increases for the next five years to pay for more than $400 million in federally mandated wastewater improvements. The rate study’s findings, unveiled Thursday, were quickly opposed by council ...

Clerk Ciccone accused of racism again

YOUNGSTOWN — A day after the county auditor called him a financial liability, the Mahoning County clerk of courts is back in the spotlight. Michael P. Ciccone has been sued again for alleged racial discrimination. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court by Ronald Winphrie accuses Ciccone of firing him without cause. The suit invokes the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the section of Ohio Revised Code that addresses unlawful discriminatory practices. Winphrie’s filing states that he worked as a deputy ...