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Austintown brewery heats up with chili cook-off

AUSTINTOWN — Play and repeat a written melody, then add improvisational ensembles and solos before returning to the original melody, and you get the heart of jazz. Take the usual ingredients he uses, then improvise by adding Frankenstein coffee-flavored stout beer as the base, and you get ...

Man hurt in Austintown bar shooting

AUSTINTOWN — A man is in stable condition and a suspect is in custody following a shooting at Chipper’s Bar and Grill Sunday morning, according to the Austintown Police Department. Police received the call of a shooting at 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the bar off North Edgehill ...

Poland superintendent steps aside for cancer treatment

POLAND — Craig Hockenberry, superintendent of the Poland Local School District, will take a medical leave of absence as he battles esophageal cancer, and will retire Aug. 31, according to a letter sent by the board of education Friday. Hockenberry’s medical leave will begin Dec. 1 so he ...

Ramaswamy greets protesters outside campaign event

MARIETTA — Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stepped outside a private campaign dinner Friday evening to engage with a small group of protesters from Living Democracy and Indivisible Mid-Ohio Valley, who gathered to raise concerns about education, health care and access to public ...

Several injured in explosion at Phoenix House apartments

AUSTINTOWN — An explosion Saturday afternoon at the Phoenix House apartments resulted in several injuries and major damage to the complex located at 850 N. Meridian Road, near Interstate 680. Emergency crews from Austintown, Boardman, Canfield, Girard, Weathersfield and Youngstown responded ...