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Truesdale Road residents want house condemned

BOARDMAN — Residents of a local neighborhood say they have had it with a dilapidated house in their midst and they want trustees to act. The house at 727 Truesdale Road is not occupied — unless you count the suspected raccoon infestation — and has fallen into severe disrepair. Residents ...

Blockade of Iran underway

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks. Iran responded with threats on ...

Judges recuse themselves in Ciccone civil case

The four Mahoning County Area Court judges recused themselves from a breach-of-contract case filed against Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone, contending he owes $4,250 to Jennifer J. Ciccone, his former chief deputy and chief of staff whom he fired after a falling out. Magistrate Donald ...

Main library downtown sprouts farmers market

YOUNGSTOWN — Ask Brooke Parker about her relationship with all things sourdough, and be prepared for her to possibly take you back a few generations. “I grew up in the kitchen with my great-grandma. Now I’m carrying on her love of the kitchen,” Parker, who runs her two-year-old ...

Peace talks yield no pact

ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the U.S. Navy to swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ...