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Valley Senior Choir prepares for concerts

NILES — Members of the Valley Senior Choir said the joy of singing and being with others who enjoy singing is what means the most to them. The choir of 30 people ages 60 and older from Trumbull and Mahoning counties has been practicing for the spring and summer season, which will begin ...

Austintown pupils explore wide range of challenges

AUSTINTOWN — Students at Austintown Intermediate School spent the past week learning an important lesson that went far beyond academics — understanding and supporting one another. The school hosted its sixth annual Ability Awareness Week, a unique program designed to help students ...

Property transfers for May 16

Property transfers recorded May 4 to 8 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Marybrook Meadows Development Co. LTD to Michael E. Pratt and Cathleen A. Pratt, 603 S. Racoon Road, Unit 61, $319,000 Shannan Michele Morgan to Andrew R. Kelly, 3205 Redgate Lane, ...

Man who charged at officer with knife released

YOUNGSTOWN — Damian Cessna, 29, who charged at a Boardman police officer while holding a knife early July 13, 2021, resulting in Cessna being shot multiple times by the officer and later being convicted of felonious assault, was granted early release from prison Thursday. Cessna was ...

Prosecutors respond to bid for new trial in baby killing

YOUNGSTOWN — After a long delay because of missing files and other issues in the 2003 murder of a baby, the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office has filed its response to death row inmate John Drummond Jr.’s request for a new trial. Drummond, 48, of Youngstown, was sentenced to death in ...

Canfield school chief offers strategic plan for schools

CANFIELD — Superintendent Joe Knoll gave his annual State of the Schools address on Wednesday that included a year in review and where the five-year forecast stands. Knoll started with the five-year strategic plan that includes seven specific goals: Curriculum and academic programming, ...