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6 years of work to downtown streets nears end

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control today will close out the last major downtown street improvement project for the foreseeable future with the approval of the eighth and final change order for work done to Boardman and Walnut streets. This project concludes about six years worth of ...

Downtown Youngstown events postponed

YOUNGSTOWN — Two downtown events scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of expected poor weather conditions. The America 250 First Fridays, which was to take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday along North Phelps Street and West Federal Street, was postponed because of ...

Two lawsuits filed in crash that killed Canfield state trooper

YOUNGSTOWN — The estate of Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Cayton has filed a lawsuit against the driver of the concrete truck who hit the back of Cayton’s cruiser Oct. 16 on state Route 11 in Canfield, killing Cayton. The estate also sued the company where the truck driver ...

2 men arrested in Tuesday night shooting on East Dewey Avenue

YOUNGSTOWN — Two men are in custody in the Mahoning County jail following a late Tuesday shooting on East Dewey Avenue on Youngstown’s South Side that left a man in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. A Youngstown police report states that officers were called to East ...

Renovation gets $2M additional tax credit

YOUNGSTOWN — The $21.66 million planned renovation project to Youngstown’s tallest building received another state tax credit. The state on Wednesday awarded a $2 million Transformational Mixed-Use Development Program grant to the proposed Central Tower project. The project on June 24 ...

Amendment meant to help Delphi pensioners rejected

Staff report A renewed effort to aid salaried Delphi retirees obtain pension benefits was thwarted Tuesday. The Dayton Daily News reported U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina., prevented the advancement of an amendment to a $1 billion spending package. Foxx chairs the House Rules ...