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Trump pushes $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge but GOP candidates don’t join in Republicans running for Congress should campaign on President Donald Trump’s promise to pay adult Americans $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterm elections. So says the party. It’s just that candidates seem to be taking a different approach. It’s been about a week since the president first promised the “Trump dividend” at the Republicans’ unusual midterm convention in Dallas, and there is little evidence that GOP candidates running in contested districts have incorporated the pitch into their ...

Property transfers for Sept. 19

Property transfers recorded Sept. 8-11 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Linda A. Weaver, trustee of the Linda A. Weaver Family Trust to Kelly Rutter and Brian David Rutter, 1257 Mulberry Run, $349,900 Edwin L. and Mercy P. Cracraft to CJ’s Staging and ...

Choffin honors life of student killed in crash

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Students and staff at Choffin Career & Technical Center gathered recently to honor the life and memory of E’Lexus Conner, a Public Safety Academy student who was killed in a crash July 12 at Market Street and East Myrtle Avenue on the South ...

West Branch’s Grady Hirst proving to be true dual threat

A year ago, Grady Hirst emerged as one of the top throwing quarterbacks in the Mahoning Valley. As a junior, Hirst led West Branch to a 10-2 finish, passing for 2,660 yards and 25 touchdowns. Now a senior, Hirst is again the sparkplug of the West Branch offense. The Warriors are off to a 4-0 start and ranked fourth in the Division IV, Region 13 computer rankings. This time, Hirst is letting his legs carry a good chunk of the load. He has already rushed for 482 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging 8.6 yards per carry. While not throwing as often as he was a year ago, Hirst has ...

Ursuline keeps battling in loss to Warren JFK

WARREN — Battling injuries and inexperience, the Ursuline girls soccer team has had its fair share of issues this season. The Irish have struggled just to score goals, let alone win games. But even though those issues continued in Thursday’s 9-0 loss at Warren JFK, Ursuline head coach ...

Enrollment slightly increases at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — Despite higher education in general facing trying times against a backdrop of a difficult region from which to recruit prospective students, Youngstown State University’s enrollment has shown another gain. “We’re in one of the toughest recruitment areas,” Trustee Charles T. George said during the YSU Board of Trustees’ quarterly meeting Thursday morning in Tod Hall. Nevertheless, according to data YSU released on the 14th day of this semester, a day that acts as the official census date for a final full- and part-time enrollment figure, the headcount is ...