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Youngstown AAUW chapter celebrates 100 years

CANFIELD — A mere three years separated when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote was ratified and when a local organization committed to empowering women and girls was officially launched. “A large group of women decided to band together and felt ...

Hubbard restaurant hosts dinner to support school’s fine art department

HUBBARD — The Eagle Grille and Tavern hosted a spaghetti dinner fundraiser Monday to benefit the Hubbard Exempted Village School District’s fine and performing arts department. Hubbard schools Superintendent Raymond Soloman said the idea for the fundraiser was brought up by Bill ...

Man who stabbed neighbor on South Side pleads guilty

YOUNGSTOWN — Micheal A. Hewlett, 45, of East Midlothian Boulevard, pleaded guilty Monday to felonious assault with a recommendation that he get two to three years in prison for stabbing another man on July 4. Hewlett will be sentenced later by Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common ...

Driver accused of aiming car at pedestrian

YOUNGSTOWN — A man, 41, was arrested early Monday in an incident on Wesley Avenue on the West Side in which he is accused of trying to hit another man with a car and ramming another car. The incident was at 1:40 a.m. Officers were called to Wesley Avenue for a fight. A male 911 caller said ...

Ex-Youngstown Mayor Williams extols value of Bible at Men’s Rally in Valley

YOUNGSTOWN – While Facebook, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and other powerful sites display content regarding what already has occurred, another “platform” is equipped with the ability to foreshadow events a few millenniums into the future, a former top city official says. “This is ...

Valley schools seek route out of shortage of bus drivers

Local schools in Mahoning and Trumbull County are experiencing bus driver shortages. These shortages are causing longer routes, canceled or suspended routes and trouble transporting students to field trips and athletic competitions. Among school systems experiencing challenges due to ...