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Police busy after responding to altercations at Chaney-East game

YOUNGSTOWN — Several incidents were reported Friday night following reports of students at Chaney High School fighting after a Chaney-East High School basketball game. The initial report was from 8:19 p.m. at the high school at 731 S. Hazelwood Ave., for crowd control after officers were ...

Youngstown police looking for elderly missing woman

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for Stella Pittman, 94, who went missing from Youngstown’s North Side Monday night. She has end-stage kidney failure and is not known to be gone for long periods of time, according to a police ...

Breakfast with Santa provides holiday cheer

YOUNGSTOWN — In 1959, the legendary jazz vocalist and pianist Dinah Washington popularized the standard, “What a Difference a Day Makes,” though more than 65 years later, Mandi Hopkins could write her own version of “What a Difference a Year Makes.” “I’m a breast cancer survivor, ...

McDonald approves pay increase for village employees

McDONALD — At its final meeting of the year, village council approved pay increases for various employees effective Jan. 1. Council gave final reading last week to an ordinance granting 5% pay increases to village employees, which include 10 office staff, full-time water and road department ...

Food drive helps those in need

WARREN — When it comes to dealing with societal wrongs and difficult times, everyone has essentially the same two choices: act or not act. Laurie Coyle opted for the first choice. “I brought some food — soup, tuna fish, some pasta and some personal hygiene items. There’s so much going ...

Man gets more than a century in prison in child sex case

WARREN — A Girard man will have more than a lifetime to think about his actions against a young girl. Shane Genetta, 40, of Elruth Court, was sentenced to a total of 120 to 125 years in prison Friday morning by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott Rice. If he ever is ...