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On the record: Struthers Board of Education May 12

Struthers What: Board of education meeting May 12 Present: Walter Baber, Kristin Fox, Joseph Fuline, Robert Noble and Ron Shives The board: • Formally recognized the retirements of Anita Brodnan, Cindy Buchenic, Marni Denmeade, Donna Durick, Michele Higgins, George Kinnard, Cheryl ...

Fitch students build sheds for playground in Canfield

AUSTINTOWN — Students in the skilled trades program at Austintown Fitch High School are putting their classroom skills to work in a meaningful way by constructing custom sheds that will be near the playground area at Walnut Grove. The project provided students with valuable hands-on ...

Judge D’Apolito recuses himself

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony D’Apolito recused himself from continuing to hear a criminal case involving Joseph Grove, 39, in which Grove is alleged to have committed several crimes in the hallway just outside of D’Apolito’s courtroom in the Mahoning ...

YSU students grant $2,000 to support single moms

YOUNGSTOWN — A group of students in Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Clothed in Strength organization as part of a fall 2025 Pay It Forward Student Philanthropy initiative. Before selecting Clothed in Strength as ...

3rd murder suspect nabbed

YOUNGSTOWN — The last of three men indicted on aggravated murder in the Oct. 17, 2024, murder of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at a home on Bott Street on Youngstown’s East Side is now in custody. On Monday, Vincent Marbley, 61, of Youngstown, was booked into the Mahoning County jail. Jail ...

Developer interested in Salt Springs Business Park in city

YOUNGSTOWN — A developer is interested in a site on Exal Court in the Salt Springs Road Business Park, which is why the administration is asking city council to approve legislation to spend up to $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for it. The request was the source of questions ...