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City schools remain under Academic Distress Commission oversight

YOUNGSTOWN — The top Youngstown City School District official and others met Wednesday via Zoom with Ohio Department of Education and Workforce officials regarding having the Youngstown City School District removed from Academic Distress Commission oversight. Despite the conversations, ...

Venezuela’s Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the U.S. ousted then-President Nicolás ...

Woman, 19, found not guilty in stabbing case

YOUNGSTOWN — The jury in the Per’asia S. Godfrey felonious assault trial found her not guilty Wednesday afternoon. The jury deliberated more than six hours before announcing it had reached a verdict about 6 p.m. Trial testimony began Monday and concluded about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, when ...

Ailing astronaut returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less ...

Hubbard students thank their mentors

Staff report HUBBARD — With the dawn of a new year and teachers and students getting their footing again after a long holiday break, a group of Hubbard High School students who are members of Future Educators of America recently took time to thank the teachers who have made a positive ...

Youngstown board to pay $652K bill for sewer line repairs

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control will pay a $651,976 bill today for the emergency replacement of melted sewer lines on Wick Avenue, with the city considering a lawsuit against SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which it blames for the damage. Among the more than 250 items the board ...