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County EMA director goes out in a big way

CANFIELD — A mass casualty event occurred at Canfield Fairgrounds on Friday morning. Thankfully, nobody was actually hurt. But the training exercise did mark the close of a longtime public servant’s professional career. Though Mahoning County Emergency Management Agency Director Robin ...

8 seek Valley Congress seat

Congressman Michael Rulli, first elected in June 2024 to the U.S. House, faces one Republican opponent in the primary, with six Democrats seeking that party’s nomination in the 6th District. Rulli, of Salem, won a special election in June 2024 for an unexpired term representing the district ...

Blasts from the Valley’s rich musical past revived

Dean Anshutz and Anthony LaMarca are adding radio hosts to their many music- related job titles. The pair will host a new hourlong weekly radio show called “Rat Race: A Journey Through Youngstown’s Music History” that will debut at 2 p.m. Friday on WYSU-FM. Anshutz plays drums with ...

Drive safely through work zones, labor leader urges

Rich Troisi, business manager for Local 125 Laborers International Union of North America, has a simple request: Drive safely through construction zones. He is trying to bring attention to National Work Zone Awareness Week, which ended Friday, and its important message. “It’s an annual ...

Judge affirms $30,000 award in Tommie Christmas sex-assault case

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney has affirmed the decision of her magistrate, Dennis Sarisky, in awarding $30,500 in damages to Jessica Shobel, the stepdaughter of Thomas “Tommie” Christmas, over allegations in a civil suit that Christmas sexually ...

Man sentenced in Warren store killing

Jumal E. Rowe, 32, was sentenced to about 8.5 years in federal prison Thursday for possessing a firearm in connection to the Aug. 3 shooting death of David Lee Owens III, 31, of Warren, at the Convenient Food Mart at Elm Road and Larchmont Avenue NE. U.S. District Court Judge Dan A. Polster ...