Elections board considers former school for new home

September 9, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners, the Western Reserve Port Authority and the Youngstown City School District are expected to talk later this month about potentially relocating the county board of elections to the former Williamson School. Board Director Tom McCabe said Tuesday: “The commissioners and the port authority are working on it. There is movement.” Board Vice Chairwoman Sandra Barger said: “We think everyone will be happy when it’s all said and done — like literally everyone.” McCabe said the meeting among the commissioners, the WRPA and the school ...

Nonviolence Week to step out Oct. 4 downtown

September 8, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization is preparing events, activities and gatherings for Ohio Nonviolence Week that gets underway early next month. Nonviolence Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10, will begin with the 16th annual Nonviolence Parade and Rally, set for 3 ...

Iran touts new missile, vows swifter strikes

September 8, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran “will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out.” The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, who boasted of new missile capability and claimed it had been “tested” against a U.S. warship. But it was not clear whether what was tested was the missile the new report described, the ...

Despite availability, poor in US face housing crisis

September 8, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home with no running water and a communal bathroom would be a stretch. Meanwhile, ...

Nation and world at a glance for Sept. 8

September 8, 2026

Feds probe cause of fiery fatal Amazon plane crash in Miami MIAMI — Investigators are looking into why an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people. The crash happened Sunday when the Boeing 767 overran the runway and hit an SUV and a van. The van was carrying members of a cleaning crew. The National Transportation Safety Board is focusing on whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Experts say the plane appeared to remain airborne well down the runway before landing. The crash halted flights at the airport, causing ...

Recovery, grief take many forms 25 years after terrorist attacks

September 8, 2026

NEW YORK — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago this week, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the ...