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WRTA unveils new bus barn

YOUNGSTOWN — Buses that serve the Valley will soon have a new home base. On Monday, WRTA announced its plans for a new “bus barn” at its Mahoning Avenue facility. The new building will be twice the size of the existing 100-year-old annex building. “We are growing, we are moving, we ...

Girard advances data center moratorium

GIRARD — The city is the latest community in the Mahoning Valley wanting to place a moratorium on data centers, with city council giving second reading Monday to legislation putting a one-year moratorium in place. Final reading on the legislation is scheduled for the July 13 meeting, after ...

New Springfield veteran served in Army in Korea

NEW SPRINGFIELD — Cpl. Chuck Mirone is proud that his service is as wide-reaching as it is diverse. “I was drafted in 1952 at age 18, or 19, I think it was,” Mirone, a U.S. Army and Korean War veteran, said. Decades after having served his country half a world away, Mirone also is ...

Murder case postponed, other trial gets started

YOUNGSTOWN — While one of two trials scheduled to begin Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court began with jury selection and will begin Tuesday with opening statements and first witnesses, the other got derailed by the refusal of several witnesses to appear at the trial. Jury ...

Man faces OVI, child endangerment charges

LIBERTY — A Youngstown man who blew nearly three times over the legal limit with two children in the car over the weekend made an appearance in court. Billy Hendrix, 45, pleaded not guilty to two charges of DUI, child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge in front of Girard Municipal Court ...

Trailblazing Tribune publisher to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Staff report Helen Hart Hurlbert, longtime publisher of the Tribune Chronicle and trailblazing American female media executive, will be inducted into the Youngstown Press Club Hall of Fame this fall. Hurlbert, known affectionately for decades as “The Boss Lady,” will be among eight ...