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Parkway Tower demo begins

YOUNGSTOWN — After months of delays from the stalled relocation of cellphone antennas and equipment on its roof, the demolition of the Parkway Tower, a former luxury high-rise apartment building by Wick Park, is finally underway. ProQuality Demolition of Youngstown, the Parkway Tower ...

Rulli fundraising gains momentum

By DAVID SKOLNICK Staff writer The campaign fund of U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce surpassed the $3 million mark while Congressman Michael Rulli’s fund nearly doubled its amount in the second quarter, but has a little more than $200,000 in it as of June 30. The congressional district of Joyce, ...

YSU president’s PAC gives funds to supporters of SB1

YOUNGSTOWN — The political action committee of Youngstown State University President Bill Johnson, a former Republican congressman, gave campaign contributions to state legislators who led the charge on a law eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education and banning ...

EPA plea for more contaminant testing in Canfield is applauded

YOUNGSTOWN — August Mack, the company handling cleanup of the chemical release discovered last July near the Material Sciences Corp. factory next to Canfield High School, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency have issued two new reports on testing in Sawmill Creek and a wetland ...

EPA accused of coverup in derailment tests

EAST PALESTINE — The Government Accountability Project, a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C., continues to hold the feet of Norfolk Southern and the federal Environmental Protection Agency to the fire for what GAP has repeatedly called a fumbled response to the 2023 train derailment ...

E. Palestine residents file new suit against Norfolk Southern

EAST PALESTINE — Norfolk Southern’s decision to vent and burn five tank cars of vinyl chloride after the 2023 train derailment is the center of the most recent lawsuit filed against the railroad by residents who lived through the rail disaster. On Wednesday, a lawsuit filed in the ...