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Mathews seals 34-27 win vs. Jackson-Milton with late INT

VIENNA — The high school football season in the Mahoning Valley kicked off on Thursday with a five-game slate across the area. A hotly contested game in last year’s season opener, the 2026 meeting between Jackson-Milton and Mathews provided some of the same theatrics. It was a ...

SOBE hearing set for Sept. 14

A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio judge will hear arguments Sept. 14 from the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel urging the commission to revisit its decision to greatly raise steam heat rates for most of downtown Youngstown. Jacky Werman St. John, a PUCO administrative law judge, on Thursday issued an order for the Sept. 14 hearing at the commission’s office in Columbus. Her order came a day after the PUCO voted 5-0 to grant requests for a rehearing on its June 24 approval of emergency rate hikes to the 23 downtown customers that receive steam ...

‘Hidden’ quarter key to Garfield’s 37-28 win vs. Warren JFK

GARRETTSVILLE — Football coaches at all levels stress the importance of the last possession of the first half and the first series of the second half. On Thursday, Garrettsville Garfield executed both drives and scored. It flipped momentum, and after another hour or so on the field, the ...

RACE FOR GOVERNOR: Vance visits Ohio plant to support Ramaswamy

MIDDLE-TOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance returned to his hometown on Friday to campaign for Republican candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Jon Husted at the steel plant where his grandfather worked. Vance has highlighted his Rust Belt roots while trying to boost GOP candidates ahead of the November midterm elections. He also has focused on promoting the Trump administration’s economic policies and efforts to try to expand U.S. manufacturing. As he took the stage at the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, known as Armco Steel when his grandfather James Vance worked ...

Gavin Williams Ks 11 as Guardians beat Giants

CLEVELAND — Gavin Williams struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings, Jose Ramirez had an RBI single in the three-run first and the Cleveland Guardians beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 for their first home series victory in seven weeks on Thursday. The Guardians hadn’t won a series at Progressive ...

Cavaliers, James Harden agree to 3-year, $97M contract

James Harden agreed to a three-year, $97 million contract to remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers, two people close to the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. It includes a player option for the 2028-29 ...