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Man killed in weekend crash in Lordstown

LORDSTOWN — A Salem motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon on state Route 45 south of Salt Springs Road after colliding with another vehicle. The Lordstown Police Department said Ronald Shasteen, 64, was driving his motorcycle south on Route 45 just before 1 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Karen Willaman, 76, pulled out of a business on the west side of the road and collided with Shasteen. The police department said no charges have been filed against Willaman and the crash remains under investigation.

Nurse Honor Guard remembers those lost during wars

WARREN — Members of the Nurse Honor Guard of Eastern Ohio paid tribute to those nurses who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country during times of war. The program “Hands of Healing in a Time of War” was attended by more than 50 people at the Warren Heritage Center ...

1958 Vindicator article leads to historic discovery

WARREN — Greg Thumm gets pretty excited when he talks about a 1958 Youngstown Vindicator news article found among the items his late uncle, Karl Thumm, saved. The article says one of Warren’s great historical figures, General Simon Perkins, directed workmen around 1816 to erect a ...

Sweet Memories in Girard hosts vintage fall festival

Trump returning to Mahoning County next week

YOUNGSTOWN – With hotly contested races for governor and U.S. senator in Ohio, President Donald Trump will return Oct. 12 to Youngstown’s Covelli Centre to rally support for Republican candidates. Trump, a Republican, is supposed to speak at 6 p.m. with the event starting at 4:30 p.m. and doors opening at 2:30 p.m., according to the Republican National Committee. Monday’s announcement about the Oct. 12 event came two days after Trump had a rally in Vandalia, near Dayton, to boost the campaigns of U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican who is facing Democrat Sherrod Brown, a former ...

Police investigate weekend homicide in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department is investigating a weekend shooting that left a man dead outside a South Side bar. A police report states the shooting happened before 3 a.m. Sunday after police received a call about gunfire in the area of East Lucius Avenue near South and Detroit avenues. A man, 20, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he later died. The police department’s detective division and crime lab and the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office are investigating. Police said there are no suspects at ...