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Property transfers

Property transfers recorded Dec. 15 to 19 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Austintown Township Trustees to William J. Vuletich, Lot 12 Elmwood Ave., $98,000 Joseph M. Cochran to George Vega, 126 S. Edgehill Ave., $146,000 James A. Patti III to Buy, Bye, ...

Canfield chief looks back at ‘25, ahead to ‘26

CANFIELD — City police Chief Chuck Colucci recently had an opportunity to look back at 2025 and look at where his department is heading in 2026. The Canfield Police Department continues to fine tune its event schedule on the Green. It took part in a tailgate party, a fall festival, Family ...

Valley native uses laughter to promote organ donation

Mahoning Valley native Jamie Alcroft is no stranger to large audiences and big stages. As half of the comedy duo Mack & Jamie, Alcroft appeared several times on “The Tonight Show,” starred in a syndicated sketch comedy series and performed at venues and on cruise ships around the ...

Band directors to march with peers in Rose Parade

Two Mahoning Valley educators who normally direct marching bands will be the ones doing the marching in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day in California. Stephen Orlando, band director at Niles-McKinley High School, and Gabriella Sandy, band director with Liberty ...

Man in February standoff evaluated for competency

YOUNGSTOWN — Last month, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney ordered that Clyde E. Hudson Jr., 40, be evaluated to determine if he is competent to stand trial on a weapons charge resulting from a Feb. 26 standoff with police at a South Side home. Hudson, of Willis ...

Man accused of strangling woman remains in jail

YOUNGSTOWN — Sanjuan Smith, 57, of Youngstown, remained in the Mahoning County jail Friday morning after his arraignment Wednesday in Youngstown Municipal Court on charges of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault in an early-Monday incident at a home on Midlothian Boulevard on the ...