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Man dies from July 11 traffic crash in Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN — One of two people ejected from a car that crashed on Zedaker Street at Cambridge Avenue on the South Side July 11 has died. Lt. Robert Gentile, head of the Youngstown Police Department accident investigative unit, said ...

Air reserve station receives first new aircraft in 30 years

VIENNA — The new C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft, the first of eight that will come to the Youngstown Air Reserve Station over the next two years, is the “capstone of a long list of great things” happening at the air base, its commander said. “It’s been a long time coming since ...

Dear governor, Ohio must end gun violence

A coalition of Ohio mayors on Tuesday sent a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine suggesting ways the administration might partner with cities to reduce gun crimes and better protect children and youth from accessing firearms. The Ohio Mayors Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of mayors, sent the letter ...

100 years of healing

WARREN — Sister Maryann Golonka recalled when the hospital for which she worked in the 1970s was largely overshadowed by a larger facility in Youngstown. “We used to say back then, ‘St. Joseph’s Hospital on Tod Avenue is the best kept secret in Northeast Ohio,’” said Golonka, who ...

Mom of victim takes stand

YOUNGSTOWN — Bobbi Gray, mother of Logan Taylor, 14, testified Tuesday in Mahoning County Juvenile Court that she did not want Logan to sleep over at the home three doors away from Logan’s friend, Masiahs Gentry, on Nov. 11, and told Logan no. But under questioning by Masiahs’ attorney, ...

Parolee from Liberty goes back to prison

WARREN — A Liberty man is going back to prison after a parole violation. Michael J. Wilson, 30, of Northview Boulevard, will serve another nine months after failing to report to the adult parole authority in Trumbull County. Wilson pleaded guilty in 2018 in Mahoning County to aggravated ...