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Teen carjacking suspects arrested on South Side

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police officers and a highway patrol trooper arrested two juveniles Wednesday night at Glenwood and Indianola avenues in a stolen car that was involved hours earlier in an armed robbery/car -jacking in Pennsylvania. One report stated that the carjacking took place in Sharon, Pa. A Youngstown officer and trooper were working on an Impact Initiative shift when they were alerted to the vehicle being at that location and went there, finding the vehicle backed into a space in the back of a building. Impact Initiative is the name of the special patrols being carried ...

Pirates comeback falls short vs. Dodgers as Shohei Ohtani exits game

PITTSBURGH — Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Thursday night. The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a single and walked ...

Competency evaluation ordered for woman accused in daughter’s death

AUSTINTOWN — At the request of defense attorney Mike Yacovone, Mahoning County Area Court Judge Scott Hunter on Wednesday ordered a competency evaluation for Laronda Mitchell, 38, of South Raccoon Road in Austintown, before he will rule on whether she should be bound over to a Mahoning ...

Governor won’t bail out SOBE

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will not bail out the beleaguered downtown Youngstown utility company on the brink of financial collapse with funding from the state’s capital budget or its rainy day fund, his spokesman said. Dan Tierney, DeWine’s spokesman, said while the governor is monitoring the situation with SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is responsible for providing steam heat for most of downtown, neither the capital budget nor the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, referred to as the rainy day fund, are options to help the struggling company. Both were ...

SOBE sends more disconnection notices, but will wait to act

YOUNGSTOWN — In addition to tenants at Wick Tower, SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC sent 10-day disconnection notices to two other downtown Youngstown customers for failing to pay bills though the troubled utility company isn’t seeking to turn off anyone’s steam heat or hot water. SOBE receiver John C. Collins and Michael Moran, his court-appointed attorney, told The Vindicator on Wednesday that it won’t be until the middle of next week before a formal filing will be made in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on the disconnection issues. However, both said they would like to ...

Library officials respond to yet another challenge on Poland site

YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County has responded to another challenge from the group opposing relocation of the Poland branch. A news release distributed to local media on Tuesday calls for the PLYMC Board of Trustees to reconsider its decision to build a new library along Denver Drive near state Route 170 and close the 25-year-old building at 311 S. Main St. in Poland Village. The Save Our Library committee asserts that new information has come to light that would make the project cost prohibitive. The library states that most of the costs and ...