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Lordstown ends tax abatement for Metalco

LORDSTOWN — Now that 10 years have passed, village council on Monday approved terminating a 10-year tax abatement with Metalco Inc. Planning/Zoning Administrator Kellie Bordner said council needed to pass an ordinance ending the community reinvestment area real property tax abatement for ...

ODNR seeks nominations for 2026 Hall of Fame

Staff report The Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame Award is a top conservation honor that recognizes lifetime achievements when it comes to the protection and preservation of the state’s natural resources. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is seeking nominations to honor a new ...

Guilty plea

Robert Howell, 54, of Springdale Avenue in Youngstown, pleaded guilty Monday to a first-degree felony charge of cocaine possession with a specification of forfeiture in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. He will be sentenced May 5 and could get about 11 years in prison. The charge is a ...

Patrol warns against impaired driving today

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding drivers that luck is not a strategy when it comes to being safe behind the wheel. Troopers will be highly visible on roads across the state in an effort to remove impaired drivers as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ...

Boardman goes green

BOARDMAN – A 1.5-mile stretch of Market Street was a sea of green, filled with pageantry and blanketed with a plethora of memories. “Not only was she proud of her Irish heritage, but proud of our country and the right to vote,” Sharon Sabatka said. Sabatka was referring to her late ...

Winning words pose no threat to regional spelling bee victor

YOUNGSTOWN — Genevieve Ramey never had heard of the word “comminatory,” but one win and first-place trophy later, it’s likely she won’t forget it anytime soon. “Nope, I did not know anything about it. I just sounded it out like we were taught in elementary school,” Genevieve, an ...