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Youngstown expected to OK funding for major sewer work

YOUNGSTOWN — City council is expected Wednesday to approve an ordinance that establishes how a major project to keep wastewater from flowing into Mill Creek Park’s Lake Glacier will be funded. The legislation appropriates $42,771,942 into a wastewater project expense fund with the city ...

Tax exemption for downtown building set for consideration

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday to give a 15-year, 100% tax exemption and allow the financing of energy upgrades through a special assessment to the former 13-story downtown Mahoning National Bank Building undergoing an $18.5 million improvement project. The ...

Hubbard mayor could miss up to a year

HUBBARD — Council President Michael Mogg said Mayor Ben Kyle will be out of commission for “quite a while” after he and other family members were involved in a crash on New Year’s Day while vacationing in the Bahamas. Mogg, who became acting mayor Friday night after receiving a text ...

Wall Street reaches more records on more gains by Big Tech

NEW YORK (AP) — Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records. The S&P 500 set another all-time-high Tuesday. The gains mirror much of the action from the previous year, when big technology stocks often drove the market to a series of records. The S&P 500 ...

Browns fire Stefanski after six seasons

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Kevin Stefanski after six seasons. Stefanski is the fourth NFL coach fired this season, joining Tennessee's Brian Callahan, the New York Giants' Brian Daboll and Atlanta's Raheem Morris. The Browns won their final two games to finish ...

Colorful ancient Boar’s Head Festival carries on at city church

YOUNGSTOWN — For more than 60 years, members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in downtown Youngstown have gotten into their colorful costumes and taken part in the Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival. Meg Silver of Youngstown, director of the program, said members of the church congregation ...