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Operations at Schwebel’s to end, according to court filing

The Schwebel Baking Company’s efforts to find a new buyer have failed, and the company will halt operations. The news came out of an hourlong telephone status conference this morning with U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. “Extensive discussion ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 15

Darline Graham, sister of late SC senator sworn in to finish term WASHINGTON — The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been sworn in to fill his seat, just three days after his death. Darline Graham, left, was sworn in at the Senate on Tuesday. She was appointed ...

Former SOBE receiver seeks funds he’s owed

YOUNGSTOWN — SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s former receiver and ex-legal counsel were supposed to be paid $55,570 by May 9, but it keeps getting delayed because the current receiver says the troubled downtown utility company doesn’t have the money. The Public Utilities Commission of ...

City schools establish clearinghouse

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has adopted a series of resolutions that entail establishing a central clearinghouse for normal operations, supporting a longtime community center and dissolving one of its committees. In one of the moves, school officials have offered their ...

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, ...

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 ...