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Prosecutors respond to request for blood testing in 1997 Youngstown murder

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has responded to the request by the Innocence Project in Cincinnati to have blood evidence from death row inmate Scott A. Group’s murder trial retested at Group’s expense using more modern techniques. The response by Assistant Attorney ...

Frank Richard, local musician, killed in 1911 by cop in Texas

115 Years Ago, 1911 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Local musician murdered in Texas. Frank Richard shot and killed by policeman in Chinese restaurant. Was with officer’s wife when shots were fired. Victim, young and handsome enlisted in the army at ...

Sale of South Fieldhouse site finalized

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control voted to finalize the sale of the former South High Fieldhouse site, create an energy improvement district for the Mahoning National Bank Building developer and pay a $651,976 bill for the emergency replacement of melted sewer lines on Wick ...

Kirkmere school floated as site for board of elections

YOUNGSTOWN — The future of the Mahoning County Board of Elections has been hotly debated in recent months, and the future of city school buildings is also being discussed. It is a possibility, although remote for now, that the two interests may coincide. Mahoning County Commissioner Carol ...

Liberty police probe deaths

LIBERTY — Township police are investigating the deaths of two people at their residence Thursday afternoon. Police Chief Ray Buhala said officers responded to a mobile home on Tuttle Drive in the Vintage Village Estates Mobile Home Park for a welfare check. Upon entering, a man and a ...

Answer is: Mahoning Valley firsts

Taking an enjoyable dive into the area’s past, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society hosted its January “Bites and Bits of History” lunchtime program with a focus on “Made in the Mahoning Valley: Local Firsts” Thursday afternoon at Tyler History Center. The event corresponds with ...