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Two women found with gunshot wounds on South Lakeview Avenue

YOUNGSTOWN — Gunshots struck two women at 4:54 a.m. Saturday on South Lakeview Avenue on the West Side. Officers were called there for a shooting and saw a silver Toyota Camry parked on the side of the road with an older woman holding her arm on the sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound ...

Historic cemetery in North Jackson gets new lease on life

NORTH JACKSON — Gary Gault has never met one of his far-removed relatives, but that didn’t diminish the warmth he felt in seeing the man who lived more than a century before him being honored. “I thought about it, and I’m mostly appreciative of what our forefathers did. I’m just ...

Valley protesters renew opposition to Trump policies at Warren rally

WARREN — Under a cloudy sky that threatened rain, a modest crowd still gathered Sunday in Courthouse Square for the latest “No Kings” protest organized by the local activist group Good Trouble Trumbull. Organizers and participants described the turnout as smaller than previous rallies, ...

Ex-Navy sailor continues to serve fellow veterans

EDITOR’S NOTE: To suggest a veteran for this series, which runs weekly through Veterans Day, email Metro Editor Marly Reichert at mreichert@tribtoday.com or call her at 330-841-1737. BOARDMAN — For John Patrick “J.P.” Brown III, life has been a series of “right place, right time” ...

Grand jury indicts 18 on variety of felony charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The following people were indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury on mostly low-level felony cases: ● Gerald Kay, 51, Ridge Road, Cortland, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. ● Alex Cherney, no age provided, Cherry Blossom Drive, ...

Juneteenth events set in Valley

Several Juneteenth events are planned in Youngstown and Warren this week and over the weekend. Juneteenth (a combination of “June” and “nineteenth”) commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom. It arrived ...