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Rubber ducks race for mental health

LOWELLVILLE — Ducks raced down the Mahoning River this weekend — albeit tiny, neon-yellow, and entirely rubber ones. In tandem with this year’s Lowellville Day, the village hosted a duck race fundraiser for the Will McCaughtry Foundation. “We had (a duck race) here before and wanted ...

Valley bicyclists hit the streets

YOUNGSTOWN — Probably without realizing it, Heather Heath and her son, Talon DePuy, were lending further credence to the popular 1963 Nat King Cole hit song, “On a Bicycle Built for Two.” “A bike was my only means of transportation for a decade,” Heath, of Boardman, said. A ...

Yost exits race for Ohio governor

With the Ohio Republican Party and several statewide officeholders backing Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, Attorney General Dave Yost quit the race, saying he doesn’t see a path to victory. In a statement Friday, Yost wrote that it is “apparent that the steep climb to the nomination for ...

Youngstown City Council to act on funding for $57M downtown project

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider requests Wednesday by the administration to authorize the payment of an additional $75,000 to a consulting firm helping with the sale and redevelopment of its 20 Federal Place building and repeal the termination of a tax abatement at the failed ...

Council to weigh $2.5 million for Youngstown streets, vehicles, equipment

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday to move ahead with about $1.56 million worth of improvements to three main streets and spend close to $1 million for city vehicles and equipment. The streets would be improved starting in August 2026 under an estimated ...

Wrongful death settlement won’t be sealed

YOUNGSTOWN — The terms of a wrongful death lawsuit related to the May 2024 Realty Tower explosion soon may be made public. Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert Rusu issued the ruling Friday, declaring that attorneys for all parties in the case of the Estate of Akil Maurice Drake had ...