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Blasts from the Valley’s rich musical past revived

Dean Anshutz and Anthony LaMarca are adding radio hosts to their many music- related job titles. The pair will host a new hourlong weekly radio show called “Rat Race: A Journey Through Youngstown’s Music History” that will debut at 2 p.m. Friday on WYSU-FM. Anshutz plays drums with ...

Drive safely through work zones, labor leader urges

Rich Troisi, business manager for Local 125 Laborers International Union of North America, has a simple request: Drive safely through construction zones. He is trying to bring attention to National Work Zone Awareness Week, which ended Friday, and its important message. “It’s an annual ...

Judge affirms $30,000 award in Tommie Christmas sex-assault case

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney has affirmed the decision of her magistrate, Dennis Sarisky, in awarding $30,500 in damages to Jessica Shobel, the stepdaughter of Thomas “Tommie” Christmas, over allegations in a civil suit that Christmas sexually ...

Man sentenced in Warren store killing

Jumal E. Rowe, 32, was sentenced to about 8.5 years in federal prison Thursday for possessing a firearm in connection to the Aug. 3 shooting death of David Lee Owens III, 31, of Warren, at the Convenient Food Mart at Elm Road and Larchmont Avenue NE. U.S. District Court Judge Dan A. Polster ...

YSU community plans 250 acts of kindness in 2026

The Youngstown State University Community Engagement Symposium served as the launchpad for a new campuswide initiative aimed at spreading compassion and connection: “Y and Kind.” Led by the YSU Office of Community Engagement, the initiative aligns the university with the national United ...

On the record | Austintown Board of Education

Austintown WHAT: Board of Education meeting Tuesday. PRESENT: Fred Marcum, Harold Porter, Don Sherwood and Kim Smrek ABSENT: Katie Berdis The board: ● Approved the monthly financial report. ● Approved purchase orders over $15,000 and transfers for the month as submitted. ● ...