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City’s 2025 income tax collection dropped less than expected

YOUNGSTOWN — Because of a $7 million “unexpected windfall” in business income growth in 2024, Youngstown’s 2025 income tax collection saw a 6.23% decline from the previous year, but it was still the second-best year ever for collections in the city’s history. Also, the decline was ...

W.Va. bill would require state’s cooperation with immigration enforcement

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate passed a bill to require cooperation of law enforcement in handing over suspected undocumented immigrants to federal authorities, though existing state executive orders already require this. Senate Bill 615, requiring persons with illegal immigration ...

Valley man admits to posting threatening messages about ICE

YOUNGSTOWN — U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Carmen Henderson ordered that Charles G. Ingram, 47, of North Bloomfield, remain in detention following a hearing Monday where an FBI agent testified that Ingram admitted to posting numerous messages on YouTube last month that threatened U.S. ...

FBI: Epstein ran no sex-trafficking ring

NEW YORK — The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: African marketplace bustles in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — If you’re interested in Christine Thomas’ jewelry and other merchandise, she would probably prefer you buy rather than stealthily photograph it. “A friend did it, so my cousin and I began, and she branched out, but we work together,” Thomas said, referring to her cousin, ...