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Superintendent: Job’s not done for city schools

YOUNGSTOWN — Earning a three-star rating of a possible five stars on the recently released state report card is a reason for the Youngstown City School District to celebrate, but not to rest on its academic laurels, a top official says. “The work is not done. We’re showing that we can do this work,” Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor said after the regular Youngstown Board of Education meeting Tuesday afternoon at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School. The district’s ranking was revealed after the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released the report cards Sept. ...

Redistricting battle continues

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in the November election. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Missouri should use the new Republican-drawn U.S. House districts in the November election, just as the state did in its August primary. To revert to its prior districts for the general election would violate ...

Boardman contractor arrested again

BOARDMAN — A local contractor already convicted of stealing from customers in three counties has been arrested again. A Boardman police report shows that John P. Bartos III, 43, of Boardman, was arrested Friday at a Boardman hotel on four outstanding warrants, including one for an alleged probation violation in Mahoning County. Bartos received four years of probation in Mahoning County after pleading guilty to 18 felony counts involving 25 customers. Police went to the Holiday Inn on South Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. Friday, following an anonymous tip that Bartos was staying ...

Melee downtown taxes Youngstown police

YOUNGSTOWN — Four people were arrested early Sunday after a melee that took all of Youngstown available police resources to quell. A Youngstown police report states that a series of fights outside downtown bars drew more than 15 officers from their department and Youngstown State University and took more than an hour to bring under control. The report states that trouble began about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, as large crowds poured out of the Hookah Lounge and Social bars near West Commerce Street. Police reported multiple fights in the Hookah parking lot and along Commerce Street, ...

Police blotters for Austintown and Boardman for Sept. 21

Austintown Police activity reported Sept. 9-16: Sept. 16, 5:19 p.m. — Stephanie Mancuso and Serenity Febres were each issued a summons for theft at Meijer. 11:07 a.m. — A man scammed a cashier out of $100 at Walgreens on Mahoning Avenue. 10:39 a.m. — Theft of medication ...

Tire shop volunteers get on a roll to clean up West Side

YOUNGSTOWN — About two dozen people gave up their Saturday morning to beautify the West Side of Youngstown as part of a Mahoning Avenue cleanup, sponsored by Legacy Tire and Auto Repair. Owner Rich Rogenski said Legacy has been operating for just 18 months but has existed since 1978 under ...