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Belmont Pines begins program to aid patients

LIBERTY — In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Belmont Pines Hospital has joined schools, community organizations and individuals across the state to launch the Kids in Care & Kindness (KICK) campaign. The campaign aims to provide comfort to children entering psychiatric and ...

Hubbard trustee questions cemetery board deficit

HUBBARD — City officials paused action at this week’s council meeting to approve a financial boost for a shared cemetery, but it didn’t come without questions. Prior to the Hubbard Union Cemetery’s millage being renewed at two-tenths, Hubbard trustee Eric Lamb explained to ...

Bird lovers to flock to Mosquito Lake park

BAZETTA — For those who love watching our feathered friends, the weekend of May 15 to 17 at Mosquito Lake State Park will be just the place for the fourth annual Big Birding Weekend. Amanda Sloan, one of the committee members planning the event and also one of the bird hike organizers, ...

Road work ahead for interstates, US Route 224, Wick Avenue, more

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced several road closures and lane adjustments for various projects in Mahoning County: ● Beginning Monday, Interstate 76/Interstate 80 (Ohio Turnpike) between state Route 11 to just west of the Ohio Turnpike in Austintown and Jackson ...

Taste of Faith event set May 21

The Mahoning Valley Association of Churches will host its Annual Taste of Faith 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 21 at St. Catherine of Sienna Parish-St. Charles campus. The Taste of Faith brings together congregations from across the Mahoning Valley to share food, fellowship and the rich culinary ...

Getting canned for a worthy cause at Eastwood Mall

Niles First Christian Church members Howard Gerke of Liberty, left, and Dennis Carpenter of Warren, stack cans to create a “Jonah and the Whale” design, which used 1,300 canned goods. The Eastwood Mall in Niles hosted the third annual Canstruction design and build competition during which ...