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Inmate stabbed over food YOUNGSTOWN — An inmate at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, 2240 Hubbard Road, the private prison on the East Side, was stabbed by another inmate over food from the prison commissary. A commissary is a store inside of a prison. A Youngstown police report ...

Republican candidate for Mahoning auditor withdraws

YOUNGSTOWN — Republican Zachary Miller withdrew as a candidate for Mahoning County auditor. Miller’s Tuesday withdrawal leaves incumbent Auditor Ralph T. Meacham of Lake Milton as the only Republican seeking the office and avoiding a GOP primary. On the Democratic side, Dalton Bosze of ...

Dozens protest Trump, ICE, apathetic citizens

WARREN — About 60 people turned out on Presidents Day Monday to hold signs and make their views known for a Good Trouble Trumbull rally on Courthouse Square. The Facebook invitation to the event was titled “Democracy over Dictators” and urged people to “peacefully demonstrate against ...

County leader apologizes to residents

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County commissioner is apologizing for a seemingly threatening comment she made about state lawmakers last week. “I would like to sincerely apologize for what I said in reference to officials in Columbus during last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting. Reactive ...

$30K award for sex abuse ‘inadequate’

YOUNGSTOWN — Jessica Shobel’s attorney has filed objections to the ruling of a Mahoning County magistrate awarding Shobel $30,000 in noneconomic damages in the civil suit she filed against her stepfather, Tommy Christmas of Boardman, alleging Christmas sexually abused her as a ...

New power line for cities heads for vote

YOUNGSTOWN — Nearly four years after rejecting a plan from a FirstEnergy subsidiary to build a power line in Youngstown and Campbell, the Ohio Power Siting Board will consider Thursday a revised proposal for approval. More than 300 local residents and elected officials opposed the initial ...