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Sferra reunion marks 100th year

CANFIELD — For most families, organizing a reunion every year is difficult enough. For the descendants of Domenico “Tony” Sferra and Lucia “Lucy” Carano, keeping the tradition alive for an entire century is nothing short of remarkable. More than 260 family members gathered Sunday in ...

Brothers don’t feel stuck

VIENNA — Danny Mizicko said when a skateboarder, BMX rider or anyone in action sports nails a difficult trick, they often shout something like, “Yo, that’s it.” That exclamation takes on an added meaning in the videos Mizicko creates with his brother, Ken, for Stuck in Ohio. ...

Boardman couple weathering the storm

BOARDMAN — Greg Steffey and his realtor were standing in the kitchen of his Mill Trace Drive home, discussing the open house. Eight prospective buyers had just left as the July 5 thunderstorms moved in. His wife, Hope, decided to bring the dogs down to the basement. Then. … “It sounded like a bomb,” he said. One oak tree at the back of his property was toppled by straightline winds, which reached more than 100 mph that day. It crashed into another oak tree about 30 feet up the backyard. That tree crashed into the roof right above the kitchen where Greg and his realtor were ...

Alliance man pleads guilty to murder of Valley woman

YOUNGSTOWN — Nicholas Cunningham, 34, of Alliance pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Friday in the October 2023 killing of Gena M. Wade, 44, at Wade’s rural home on Courtney Road in Smith Township, just north of Beloit. The plea followed a third determination recently that Cunningham ...

Ramaswamy, Acton take positions on data centers

With data centers popping up in Ohio and creating controversy, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, who are running for governor, are taking positions on them. Ramaswamy said Thursday that he has three nonnegotiable requirements for data centers — they must ensure that Ohio families who live near them receive free electricity by providing power or compensation that directly lowers residential electric bills, they must pay their full property taxes, and they must comply with strict air and water quality standards while prioritizing brownfield and industrial ...

Two people indicted on similar charges in unrelated killings

YOUNGSTOWN — Kayla Dawson, 26, and Issac Chatman, 29, were indicted Thursday on similar charges involving two people who were killed even though their cases are apparently unrelated. Dawson was indicted on voluntary manslaughter and a firearm specification and felonious assault with a firearm specification in the April 28 shooting death of Kyree Hornbuckle, 25, at Oakwood Avenue and South Maryland Avenue on the West Side. If Dawson is convicted, she could get about 20 years in prison. Chatman was indicted on voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification in the June 7 ...