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Boardman High garden club clears way for healthier eating

BOARDMAN — An unused, overgrown and weed-filled rectangular space at Boardman High School is not necessarily being treated to an extreme makeover, but is in the beginning stages of receiving a healthier one. “It’s been a forgotten garden and we are transforming it into the secret ...

Lordstown Motors considers lawsuit against FoxConn

LORDSTOWN — Electric-vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp. is threatening to sue Foxconn if the Taiwanese electronics company doesn’t make good on a $170 million investment agreement, funding the EV maker has said is critical to its survival. The company “intends to enforce its rights ...

Canfield amends contract with police union

CANFIELD — City council on Wednesday approved an amended contract between the city and the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association — which represents police officers, dispatchers, lieutenants and sergeants — that will enable the department to attract strong police officer ...

Ursuline grad was priest, professor

POLAND — Jim Johnston recalls the day his son, Jim Johnston Jr., came through the door with an unusual request that, at first glance, seemed to be as backward as it was out of sequence. “My son walked in the house and said, ‘We have a gig in six weeks,’ and I said, ‘That’s ...

22-year-old Andre McCoy gets trial date in Rowan Sweeney murder case

YOUNGSTOWN — A jury trial date was set for one of three people accused in the shooting death of 4-year-old Rowan Sweeney in September 2020. Andre McCoy, 22, appeared Friday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for a pretrial hearing before Judge Anthony D’Apolito, who set a Sept. 5 jury ...

West Side shooting suspect in custody

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was arrested in connection to a Tuesday shooting on the West Side that injured a woman while he was out of jail on a $23,000 bond on aggravated burglary charges. Arlis Casey Jr., 30, was arrested and taken to Mahoning County jail on Thursday on new charges of felonious ...