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Youngstown police respond to active-shooter hoax at Harding Elementary School

YOUNGSTOWN — Police responded in force to a Youngstown elementary school Tuesday afternoon after a prank call. Youngstown City School District spokesperson Stacy Quinones said the Youngstown Police Department sent a tactical team to Harding Elementary on the city’s North Side after ...

Dem candidate for Congress faces felony charge

Brian Bob Kenderes, the Democratic nominee in the 14th Congressional District who faces a felony count of filing a false voter registration, submitted an affidavit saying he is indigent and cannot afford a lawyer. Kenderes was arraigned Tuesday in Painesville Municipal Court on the ...

Youngstown businessman faces two counts of child-sex charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Cipriano Ruiz, 45, of Dearborn Avenue, went on trial Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on two counts of gross sexual imposition, and is accused of touching a child under 13 years old. The trial resumes today before Judge Anthony D’Apolito of Mahoning County ...

Austintown’s July 4 fireworks event set at racino

AUSTINTOWN — The township’s annual 4th of July Fireworks Celebration will be hosted this year, for the first time, at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course. The celebration, traditionally held on the Sunday before July 4, will be June 30, and is a partnership between ...

Dem candidate for Congress faces felony charge

Brian Bob Kenderes, the Democratic nominee in the 14th Congressional District who faces a felony count of filing a false voter registration, submitted an affidavit saying he is indigent and cannot afford a lawyer. Kenderes was arraigned Tuesday in Painesville Municipal Court on the ...

Fire district in Canfield set to scrap body armor

CANFIELD —The Cardinal Joint Fire District board took action on body armor and burning buildings as a training session at its recent meeting. Deputy fire Chief Matt Rarick requested Monday that 10 sets of ShotStop body armor be declared as obsolete so the vests can be destroyed. “We ...