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Fire costs city clothing company

125 Years Ago, 1900 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator “Big Loss. A fire in the rooms of the People’s Credit Clothing Co. causes it. John W. Smith’s sons the heaviest losers, their stock being saturated with water.” “A fire in the rooms over No. 15 ...

Good deeds for the community highlight Mitzvah Day

More than 200 people attended Mitzvah Day on Thursday at Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana (OCCHA), 3360 Shirley Road, Youngstown. Sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, free haircuts, community health information, ...

$13.52M OK’d for design of project

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved $13.52 million in contracts to two companies for final design and construction administration on a phase of its major wastewater improvement work mandated by a federal consent decree. The work is for an 80-million-gallon-per-day wet weather ...

City again accused of demolition with no notice to owner

YOUNGSTOWN — The owner of the former Italian American War Veterans Post 3 building is suing Youngstown for demolishing the structure in September without notice. Armadillo Development LLC of Lisbon acquired the 113 S. Meridian Road property April 29, 2021, from the Mahoning County Land Bank ...

Police arrest suspect in Austintown shooting

AUSTINTOWN — A man is in police custody, charged with several felonies related to a shooting at a local apartment complex on Wednesday. Mikklo I. Delgado, 23, of Youngstown is in the Mahoning County jail, charged with felonious assault and improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, ...

Phoenix House officials mourn resident’s death

AUSTINTOWN — The management of Phoenix House senior living high-rise has weighed in on the death of a resident and ongoing developments at the building after the Nov. 22 explosion there. In a message to The Vindicator, Phoenix House Investments LLC expressed sadness at Steven D. Smith’s ...