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City Council approves spending up to $295K on postponed projects

YOUNGSTOWN — City council authorized the board of control to spend up to $295,000 to move ahead with projects on Fifth Avenue and Market Street that were supposed to be done years ago. Council voted 7-0 Wednesday to permit the allocation for three bus shelters near Youngstown State ...

Boardman daughter saves parents from scam

BOARDMAN — A local woman is credited with saving her parents from a telephone scam that got a little too close to home. A Boardman police report states that officers responded to a home in an unspecified neighborhood on Monday afternoon to meet with the couple and their daughter. The couple ...

Civil rights reporter addresses Sojourn students

JACKSON, Miss. — Even though she hasn’t been touched by a major tragedy, that didn’t dampen or diminish how moved Nyla Singer felt to hear a major civil rights reporter share a few eye-opening recollections. “I’m glad he got justice in those cold cases — especially a white ...

Aggravated robbery, abduction are among Mahoning indictments

YOUNGSTOWN — The following people were indicted last week by a Mahoning County grand jury: • Marquis J. Thomas, 31, Mount Vernon Drive, Boardman, abduction, strangulation and domestic violence. • Michael A. Schneider, 82, Ewing Road, Boardman, felony menacing, five counts of felony ...