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Event commemorates Mother’s Day in the Valley

AUSTINTOWN — Remembering moms who are with us or those we have lost was the message Sunday at a special gathering at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel. The gathering was one of three hosted this weekend at diocesan cemetery chapels in Trumbull and Mahoning counties to honor and remember moms ...

DeWine names new attorney general

Gov. Mike DeWine decided on a placeholder, saying he’s appointing Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, as the state’s next attorney general, to replace Dave Yost, who is resigning, effective June 7. DeWine, a Republican, said Wilson will serve the final seven ...

Indian man pleads guilty in $5M scam

Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary, 25, of Gandhinagar, India, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to one count of money laundering conspiracy for a financial scam involving older adults across the United States, including a 77-year-old Salem man. Chaudhary is one of three ...

Ricchiutis honored with Friends of the University Award

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University honored Dr. Robert Ricchiuti and Phyllis Ricchiuti with the university’s Friends of the University Award, recognizing their extraordinary leadership, philanthropy and lasting impact on YSU and the Mahoning Valley. Presented Saturday ...

Man stabbed at store, large crowd dispersed over weekend

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police responded to a stabbing Saturday, unruly crowds early Sunday at two businesses, and responded to a house on the North Side for gunfire hitting the front of a house containing multiple residents. STABBING A man was found in a South Avenue store with a stab ...

Girard officials wait to hear from PUCO about explosion

GIRARD — As city officials wait to hear from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio about an investigation of a house explosion April 30 at 1018 N. State St., a ban on fiber optic companies digging in the city remains in effect. The site on North State Street is vacant with hay and grass ...