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Author speaks about family road trips and a love of food

WARREN — Growing up in the small Ohio town of Plain City and taking road trips with her family, Brandy Gleason soon developed a deep appreciation for the open road. That appreciation has led to a huge following in the past six years on social media, with more than 1.5 million followers, the ...

Ultium layoffs will extend to August

Staff report Laid off Ultium Cells workers must wait until August before returning to the company’s Lordstown facility, a media outlet reported Friday. In a dispatch from Detroit, Reuters news service cited the slow-moving electrical vehicle market for the move. General Motors and South ...

Reading Service marks 50th year

LIBERTY — The Goodwill cafeteria was full of laughter and stories Thursday evening as the Youngstown Radio Reading Service celebrated 50 years of broadcasting for blind and print-impaired people in the community. The satation, technically a subcarrier of WYSU-FM, began in 1976 in the ...

Man, 76, gets two years for drunken crash that injured another driver

YOUNGSTOWN — Donn Hinkle, 76, of Struthers, was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for causing a drunken Aug. 27, 2025, crash on state Route 7 in Beaver Township that badly injured the driver of another car. He was also sentenced to a three-year driver’s license suspension and fined ...

Canfield trustees look to lock in gas prices

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees met in special session Friday morning to lock in better gas rates for its Enbridge Gas customers. The rates are for one of the area’s largest gas aggregation programs. “Boardman, Poland Township and Austintown have approved an agreement and are waiting on ...

Man accused of abusing pregnant woman in Boardman

BOARDMAN — A man remains in jail on felony domestic violence charges after his Thursday arrest. According to police reports and online court records, Joshua Nevarez, 34, of Chester Drive, faces charges of domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony in this case, and violating a protection ...