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Body of man found in backyard on West Ravenwood

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office are investigating after police responded to West Ravenwood Avenue near Hillman Street on the South Side on Thursday evening and confirmed a caller’s claim that there was a dead body in the backyard. When officers arrived for the 7:12 p.m. call, they spoke with a woman who said that about an hour before the person called 911, a man told her he had discovered a dead body about two days earlier. The caller said he or she wanted to see if the man was telling the truth before calling the police. Other ...

‘Be My Neighbor’ event fosters community

NILES — With songs such as “I Like You Just the Way You Are,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” on PBS Kids is an extremely popular television show with toddlers. Created in 2012, the animated series was inspired by “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Four-year-old Daniel’s ...

Brothers don’t feel stuck

VIENNA — Danny Mizicko said when a skateboarder, BMX rider or anyone in action sports nails a difficult trick, they often shout something like, “Yo, that’s it.” That exclamation takes on an added meaning in the videos Mizicko creates with his brother, Ken, for Stuck in Ohio. ...

Affordable housing complex coming to Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Funding is lined up for a $35 million, 120-unit affordable housing apartment complex at the site of the former Woodside Receiving Hospital with construction expected to start in October. Wallick Development LLC of New Albany received approval from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency for the issuance of up to $21.5 million in Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds and a $10 million Ohio Low-Income Housing Tax Credit — one of only 10 projects selected for the 4% tax credits out of 48 applications — with the rest of the money coming from banks for the housing project, called ...

Boardman couple weathering the storm

BOARDMAN — Greg Steffey and his realtor were standing in the kitchen of his Mill Trace Drive home, discussing the open house. Eight prospective buyers had just left as the July 5 thunderstorms moved in. His wife, Hope, decided to bring the dogs down to the basement. Then. … “It sounded like a bomb,” he said. One oak tree at the back of his property was toppled by straightline winds, which reached more than 100 mph that day. It crashed into another oak tree about 30 feet up the backyard. That tree crashed into the roof right above the kitchen where Greg and his realtor were ...

Alliance man pleads guilty to murder of Valley woman

YOUNGSTOWN — Nicholas Cunningham, 34, of Alliance pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Friday in the October 2023 killing of Gena M. Wade, 44, at Wade’s rural home on Courtney Road in Smith Township, just north of Beloit. The plea followed a third determination recently that Cunningham ...