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Rock throwing, gunfire, threats mar weekend

YOUNGSTOWN — A man suffered a gunshot wound to his left side inside of a shed behind a house on Cabot Street on the West Side about 12:20 p.m. Friday, but a woman who lived there said she did not know him. When an officer spoke to the victim, the victim changed his story several times and ...

Pawn shop company buys former Rite Aid location

YOUNGSTOWN — A cash lending and pawn shop company purchased the former Rite Aid building at 540 E. Midlothian Blvd. for $1.35 million. FCFS Ohio Inc., the Ohio subsidiary of First Cash Financial Services, purchased six parcels totaling 1.6 acres on the city’s Southeast side Dec. 19 from ...

Unity, color, pageantry mark Kwanzaa opening in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Societal achievements during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s aimed at making the nation live up to its founding creed continue to face mounting threats and rollbacks, so it’s imperative that nonviolent actions to counter such a regression remain ongoing, a ...

Trump: Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal, President Donald Trump said Sunday as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Florida resort. He acknowledged, how ever, the negotiations are complex and could still break down, ...

Self-determination principle of Kwanzaa celebrated at South Side event

YOUNGSTOWN — In his young life, William Lambert was a cabin boy on local steamers, a tailor in Detroit’s garment industry, an abolitionist, a public speaker, a newspaper columnist and an active participant in anti-slavery efforts. Posthumous-y — and more than a century later — he also ...

Winter storm sweeps into Great Lakes area

High winds, heavy snow for the Valley The National Weather Service on Sunday night issued weather advisories for Trumbull and Mahoning counties through 1 a.m. Tuesday. In Trumbull County, up to 7 inches of snow is forecast with wind gusts up to 50 mph predicted. In Mahoning County, less ...