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Official updates Liberty road projects

LIBERTY — Community improvements have quite literally been front and center for anyone navigating the Churchill portion of Belmont Avenue, and trustees learned the status of these and other ongoing improvements. At Monday’s meeting, trustees heard from Road Superintendent Wayne Hickman, ...

Update given on ‘Build a Better Belmont’

LIBERTY — There are about three more months before planning officials must deliver a finalized plan to revitalize a frequently used corridor connecting Mahoning and Trumbull counties — and on Monday, residents received an update. Officials heard from Katie Philips, an MS Consultants ...

Attacks launched in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump separately suggested the United States will charge other ships for safe ...

Appeals court upholds order to reinstate fired officer

YOUNGSTOWN — The 7th District Court of Appeals upheld a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge’s decision requiring the city reinstate Brian Flynn, who was fired as a police lieutenant in December 2022 after being accused of dereliction of duty, with back pay and interest. In a 3-0 ...

Youngstown council asked to save Cornersburg Sparkle

YOUNGSTOWN — A request from the Mayor Derrick McDowell administration to provide a $350,000 “business retention” grant and three years of income tax refunds to Sparkle Market in Cornersburg to keep it operating received a cool reception from council members. Council’s community ...

Big Boy steams into Struthers

STRUTHERS — A crowd of approximately 20,000 gathered downtown and along the Mahoning River on Sunday to see the Union Pacific Big Boy train make a whistle stop downtown during its trip across the United States to celebrate America250. “That was the largest working steam locomotive in the ...