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Color run raises $2K for charities

GIRARD — A recent color run fundraiser coordinated by 2026 Girard High School graduates Lacie Lamm and Brooke Zatvarnicky raised more than $2,000 for local nonprofits that help veterans and first responders, including those in memory of fallen safety officers. The Fallen Heroes Girard 5K ...

Alleged rape victim testifies in trial of New Middletown man

YOUNGSTOWN — Opening statements and first witnesses in the rape trial of Brian T. Swansiger, 29, of New Middletown, took place Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court with the alleged victim testifying that she knew Swansiger a little bit at Springfield Local Schools, but he was several ...

Transcontinental Railroad connected the coasts

Editor’s note: Connecting America’s east and west coasts was no easy feat — but once complete, it opened the growing nation in ways never before imagined. Today, we study the impact of the first transcontinental railroad’s completion just outside Ogden, Utah, where on May 10, 1869, ...

Three residents escape morning South Side fire

YOUNGSTOWN — All three people inside escaped a 1:38 a.m. house fire in the 800 block of East Lucius Avenue that caused about $30,000 damage to the home and its contents. One of the three, a 77-year-old man, was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment. Firefighters responded ...

Canfield native produces Tribeca festival film

A Canfield native walked the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival Sunday as the film she produced had its world premiere. Mary Elizabeth Monda, a 2014 Canfield High School graduate, produced “Caity,” a coming-of-age story written and directed by Lindsay Calleran. The morning after ...

City road project gets $1.28M state grant

The State Controlling Board approved a grant toward a project to provide highway access to about 30 acres of land, including the site of the former McGuffey Plaza, on the city’s East Side for potential economic development. The board approved the $1,278,268 request Monday to provide the ...