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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 ...

Complaint accuses Ciccone of neglect of duty

CANFIELD — A bipartisan effort to oust Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone from office through legal action accuses him of repeatedly abusing the authority of his office, using “discriminatory and degrading language,” and failing to “perform core statutory ...