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EMA coordinator: County unlikely to receive storm aid

BOARDMAN — Despite widespread storm damage, emergency management officials say Mahoning County seems unlikely to qualify for state and federal financial aid. Zach Williams, emergency coordinator for Mahoning County EMA, told Boardman trustees Wednesday evening that Sunday’s EF-1 tornado ...

Warrant filed in Coitsville dogfighting investigation

COITSVILLE — Animal Charity of Ohio has filed a new search warrant related to an investigation in Coitsville Township. The affidavit, filed Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and signed by Judge John Durkin, asserts that humane agents believe they will find evidence of ...

Court filings: Schwebel’s may rise again

Schwebel Baking Company looks to enter an accelerated bankruptcy proceeding as part of its strategy to attract new ownership for the century-old business, according to paperwork filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Youngstown. The potential for a new buyer was revealed when U.S. District ...

Elections board wants to move warehouse, voting center

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections wants to relocate its warehouse and voting equipment — and eventually its early-voting center — to the former Bottom Dollar store and the rest of its operations to the planned county government center downtown. But DeMaine Kitchen, ...

Blue Coats get big boost for winter clothes program

Staff report HUBBARD — “The mission is simple. In America, nobody should freeze to death.” Those were the words of Youngtown Blue Coats founder and president Patty Summers at the organization’s new headquarters in Hubbard. Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and ...

Rowan foundation kicks in $145,000 for new playground

BOARDMAN — A multitude of means to cope with and heal from trauma and grief that result from a life-altering loss are available to those who experience such an upheaval. Options include establishing a scholarship in the name of a lost loved one, pushing for stronger legislation on behalf of ...