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Boil water alert lifted

YOUNGSTOWN — The boil water advisory issued Sunday for Youngstown water customers in the city, Liberty and Boardman is lifted. The advisory was issued after a water main break on Hubbard Road between Logan Avenue and Albert Street, which caused depressurization in a significant portion of ...

2 in corruption scandal seek to have lawsuit dismissed

YOUNGSTOWN — Developer Dominic Marchionda, two of his companies, and former city Finance Director David Bozanich have asked a judge to dismiss Youngstown’s $834,608 civil lawsuit against them because the city failed to timely serve them with the complaint. Douglas Ross — attorney for ...

Youngstown Action Center focuses on caring for others

YOUNGSTOWN — Tucked into its Elm Street location on the North Side, where it has operated for the past six years, the Youngstown Action Center has quietly become a hub for community service, education and mutual aid across the Mahoning Valley. Community-led and community-run, YAC provides ...

Mahoning Ave. improvement project to begin in North Jackson

JACKSON — A major county project along Mahoning Avenue will begin in earnest in about two weeks with a bridge replacement. That work means a 60-day road closure in the immediate area — likely the first of many — but Mahoning County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti said the federally-funded ...

State House hopeful bolts Democratic Party

YOUNGSTOWN — Brandon Kovach, who was planning to run for the open Ohio House 58th District seat as a Democrat, has disaffiliated himself from the political party and will instead seek the position as an independent. “I didn’t leave the party — the party left me,” Kovach said. ...

Youngstown school board supports bills to abolish distress commissions

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has adopted a resolution to support a pair of bipartisan companion bills aimed at dissolving state mandated academic distress commissions for struggling districts. “It’s a super simple bill,” state Rep. Lauren McNally, D-Youngstown, said ...