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Officials: State to blame for property tax woes

BOARDMAN — The move to abolish property taxes in Ohio is gaining steam and the subject is on the minds of every local official. On Nov. 20, the Mahoning County Republican Party hosted a bipartisan, round-table discussion on the issue with citizens and elected officials from around northeast ...

Attorneys seeking new trial for death row inmate

YOUNGSTOWN — Two assistant federal public defenders filed a motion July 17 that asks Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio to allow them to file a motion for a new trial on behalf of Ohio death row inmate John E. Drummond Jr., 48, of Youngstown. Drummond was convicted in ...

Woman accused of assault with jumper cables

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman, 36, was booked into the Mahoning County jail Wednesday after an incident on Bonnie Brae Avenue on the South Side in which she is accused of assaulting a man with jumper cables and damaging a building. Officers were called to the home near Lanterman’s Mill at 2:25 ...

Struthers school officials open lines of communication

STRUTHERS — Superintendent Pete Pirone has teamed up with high school principal Roger Day, assistant principal Mark Carden and student representatives at Struthers High School to launch a new program called “What’s Up with the Wildcats?” The initiative aims at opening up lines of ...

Mahoning County courts

Marriage licenses granted Nov. 17 to 21 in Mahoning County: Michael Shawn Jones Jr., 26, Youngstown, and Christina Marie Austalosh, 27, Youngstown Warren Cobb Wexler, 49, Boardman, and Emily Rose Donofrio, 45, Boardman Devon Demonte Harrison, 22, Struthers, and Bailey Mckenna White, 25, ...

Youngstown marked opening of new Reuben McMillan Library

115 Years Ago, 1910 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Handsome new library opened today. Reuben McMillan Free Public Library a credit to the city and those who planned it — doors will be opened until 10 o’clock this evening so all interested may visit the ...