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Valley Scouts get fired up at 100th birthday bash

CANFIELD — Several generations gathered together Saturday afternoon to celebrate Scouts BSA Troop 25’s 100th anniversary. The picnic — which took place indoors because of predicted inclement weather and smoky air — at Canfield Presbyterian Church brought together past and current ...

Radio host ‘Mo’ Ray served in 3 branches of military

Morris Ray RESIDENCE: Youngstown AGE: 67 SERVICE BRANCH: Texas National Guard (1979-1983), Air Force Reserve (1983-1985) and Army (1987-1991) MILITARY HONORS: Sharpshooter and Good Conduct medals OCCUPATION: Retired from General Motors; now a morning radio host on WYSU-FM YOUNGSTOWN ...

St. Vincent de Paul, church parish reach out to help Brier Hill residents

YOUNGSTOWN — More than a meal was served Saturday morning as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council joined volunteers from the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Anthony of Padua Parish to welcome neighbors for a community outreach event at St. Anthony’s in ...

Canfield police blotter

Canfield Police activity reported July 3-12: July 12 — Cloeth Forde, 32, 4 Denmark Court, Huntington, New York, was arrested during a traffic stop on West Main Street on a Youngstown Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense and was issued a summons for driving ...

Teen’s memory flies on the wings of butterflies

YOUNGSTOWN — When a butterfly is released, it typically soars through the air — in a real sense, the way E’Lexus Conner was soaring through her young life. “She was very vibrant and very beautiful inside and out. She loved to dance, and she wanted to be a CSI investigator,” her ...

More to a neighborhood than its name

LIBERTY — More than 50 people packed the Denny’s meeting room on Belmont Avenue on Saturday morning for the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society’s Memories of a Lifetime program. Jacob Harver, Ph.D. candidate at Kent State University, shared his research on the historic Monkey’s ...