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Rallies in Warren, Youngstown urge early voting

WARREN - The most direct methods for U.S. citizens to make their voices heard to their government comes through protest (1st amendment) and voting (15th amendment). Saturday’s No Kings: Vote Early rally at Courthouse Square balanced both during one of more than 3,000 similar nonpartisan ...

Prehistory of Ohio reviewed at Liberty talk

LIBERTY - Historical artifacts tell us a lot about the people who lived thousands of years ago in an area. John Chuey, one of the founding members of the Mahoning County Archaeological Society, spoke of the arrowheads, tools and jewelry he has found in Ohio, other states and Canada during ...

Ramaswamy, Acton discuss property taxes, data centers, death penalty, more

While it’s been 20 years since a Democrat was last elected Ohio governor, this year’s race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton is hotly contested. During separate endorsement interviews with this newspaper, the two candidates discussed their priorities, their plans ...

Planning, property taxes headline county commissioner race

YOUNGSTOWN — Property taxes continue to dominate the county’s political discourse, but the candidates for Mahoning County commissioner have their eyes on other problems too. By and large, they both want to improve economic development, address rising property taxes and make better use of county resources, but they have different views about how county government should operate to get the job done. Commissioner Carol Rimedio-Righetti is retiring at the end of the year, and wants fellow Democrat Lauren McNally to take her place. Republican Christine Oliver hopes to play spoiler on ...

Youngstown may use speed camera revenue for Flock costs

YOUNGSTOWN – The Mayor Derrick McDowell administration is asking city council to allow revenue collected from those caught by unstaffed cameras speeding in school zones to pay for half of the Flock Safety’s annual bill. The city’s entire $168,000 bill to Flock Safety in the final year ...

Efforts to help homeless Valley woman prove elusive

The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle have received several emails since the newspapers published an Oct. 10 article about a homeless woman living outdoors in the Youngstown-Warren area. The story related how the woman sleeps outside and moves around, visiting businesses at times, trying to keep a low profile to reduce the potential of becoming a victim. She described some of the challenges she faces as a “woman out here alone” and some of the heartwarming things people have done for her. Other details had to be left out of the story to avoid endangering her further, such as where ...