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Inflation gauge in US rockets to its highest level in 3 years WASHINGTON — A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans’ finances. Inflation jumped to 3.8% in April compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 3.5% in March and the highest since May 2023. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.4%, down from the 0.7% rise in March. The report showed that prices have risen for many items in addition to gas, a sign inflation could ...

Cowboys’ last ride: Chaney has final commencement

YOUNGSTOWN — Since she was a child, Lil Snider knew she wanted to enter the art world, and she has just added the latest significant brushstrokes to her life’s canvas. “I’ve been serious about art since I was 12 years old. I fully decided to go into the art field as a freshman in ...

Receiver: SOBE on verge of financial collapse

YOUNGSTOWN — The receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is supposed to provide heat for most of downtown Youngstown, wrote in a court document that the company is on the verge of a financial collapse. John C. Collins, SOBE’s receiver, wrote the “company is in the midst of a financial crisis” and will no longer be able to pay for three rented boilers it uses to operate by September or October in a Wednesday report to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio. Unless SOBE gets a cash influx by the state or another party agrees to pay for the ...

Acton says she can work with both parties

BOARDMAN — Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor, said she can work with those in both political parties but would not hesitate to veto legislation if needed. During a Wednesday campaign stop at the Structural Iron Workers Local 207’s apprenticeship building, Acton said, “I ...

City officials sue over Realty Tower explosion

YOUNGSTOWN — City officials filed a lawsuit against the companies blamed for the deadly May 2024 explosion at the former Realty Tower in downtown. The city filed the lawsuit in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, the day before today’s two-year anniversary of the disaster and right before the statute of limitations expired. The lawsuit was filed against Enbridge Gas Co., its parent company and numerous subsidiaries and sister companies as well as Yo Properties 47 LLC, which owned the East Federal Street building; LY Property Management LLC, which managed the ...

Man sentenced for child rape

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to child rape last month was sentenced Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Chad Scofinsky, 36, of Noel Drive in Youngstown, will spend six to nine years in prison. Scofinsky pleaded guilty April 22 to one ...