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Canfield loses to Chagrin Falls, 9-7

CANFIELD — One seven-minute lapse cost the Canfield girls lacrosse team on Thursday at Bob Dove Field. Chagrin Falls scored four goals in the first several minutes of the second quarter, and the Cardinals couldn’t complete the comeback in a 9-7 loss in Canfield. “It’s definitely hard ...

Goodwill to open store in Campbell

CAMPBELL — The Campbell City School District has announced a partnership and lease agreement with Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries that will bring a new Goodwill location to the Campbell Health and Community Development Center, set to open Aug. 1 on Struthers Coitsville Road. The ...

Champion holds off Lakeview, 4-3

CHAMPION — On Thursday, two of Trumbull County’s top softball teams, Champion and Lakeview, went at it. In a pitchers’ duel to the very end, Flashes sophomore Adalyn McIntosh’s first-inning home run made the difference in a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs, in effect avenging a 7-3 ...

Youngstown seeks dismissal of ex-clerk of courts’ back-pay lawsuit

YOUNGSTOWN — The city asked a judge to dismiss the second lawsuit filed by Sarah Brown-Clark, a former clerk of courts seeking back pay, contending her argument that an implied contract was breached is not valid under state law. Robert Buch, a city senior assistant law director, wrote in a Thursday motion to dismiss that Brown-Clark’s “complaint relies entirely on a legal theory, which Ohio courts, including this court, have consistently held is unenforceable against political subdivisions.” Buch wrote: “Based on the face of plaintiff’s complaint, her sole theory of ...

Browns break ground on new stadium in Brook Park

BROOK PARK — Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his family marked a significant milestone on Thursday with the groundbreaking ceremony for the new domed stadium scheduled to open for the 2029 season. There are still a couple of questions to be answered though even as construction ...

Youngstown police nab suspect in Pa. bank robbery

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department was involved in the Wednesday arrest of a man suspected of robbing a New Castle, Pa., bank earlier that day. A Youngstown police report states that about 11 a.m. Wednesday, officers arrived at Frazier’s Tree Service at 2122 E. High Street on Youngstown’s East Side after one of the officers “observed the vehicle used in the commission of the bank robbery after receiving a (lookout notification) from the Lawrence County dispatch center giving the Ohio Registration PMH4301,” which was registered to the address for Frazier’s Tree ...