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Sojourn students study horrors of slavery, Jim Crow

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — It stabs at La’Rayah Hodges’ heart to think that a significant period of American history sanctioned stripping millions of black people of their humanity and dignity. “I was thinking about how cruel it was selling these people like they were objects,” Hodges, an ...

Section of Edwards Street closed

YOUNGSTOWN – Edwards Street between Mahoning Avenue and High Street is closed for emergency repairs to a sanitary sewer. The road is expected to open in about two days. Access to Interstate 680 is Glenwood Avenue to High Street.

Large crowds join No Kings rallies in Youngstown, Warren

Massive crowds protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and in Europe. Minnesota took center stage, with thousands of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder to celebrate resistance to Trump’s immigration ...

Lynching victims memorialized

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Josiah Moss stood still with a long look of contemplation on his face as he silently connected with a descendent he knew only from tragic stories about him. “It just feels different having a relative per se being a part of this,” Josiah, 15, of Sharon, Pa., ...

Mahoning Valley joins in massive No Kings protests nationwide

Crowds of people protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump's actions, in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and in Europe. Minnesota took center stage, in what organizers expected to be mass demonstrations involving millions of people. In the Mahoning Valley, ...

Judge awards $35K to ex-SOBE receiver

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge has approved a $35,246 final payment to Reg Martin, ousted receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, for less than three months of work in which the utility company repeatedly failed to provide basic services. Judge Anthony ...