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Poland teen earns college degree before her high school diploma

POLAND — Bianca Patrone started taking courses at Youngstown State University when she was in the eighth grade and now, at just 17, she will graduate not only from high school, but also graduated from YSU over the weekend with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She was the ...

Youngstown Diocese honors long-married couples

YOUNGSTOWN — Being married for 75 years is quite a milestone for any couple, but a local husband and wife were recognized for that special achievement, as were four other couples who have been married 70 or more years. Couples who have been married 25 to 75 years and their family members ...

Final defendant in $1 million arson, burglary ring sentenced

YOUNGSTOWN — The final defendant in the $1 million, seven-person, three-county burglary and arson case handled in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office was sentenced last week to a suspended jail sentence. Ted E. Dozier Wynn, 32, of Bassett Lane, ...

Youngstown records 7th homicide of 2024

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The police department is investigating the city’s seventh homicide of 2024 after a man was found with multiple stab wounds on the East Side early Saturday. Police were called to the 1500 block of Hickory Court around 1:15 a.m. and found the male victim with ...

Seven school levies keep Poland district humming

POLAND — The Poland Local School District has seven levies on the books, with one for permanent improvements and the others for operating expenses. Two of the six are continuous levies, while the remaining four are listed as emergency levies. In essence, Poland voters have to vote on ...

Boardman contractor gets 90 days in jail for theft

LISBON — A Boardman area contractor who deprived people of money and failed to do promised construction work in Columbiana County was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of community control by Judge Scott Washam for three counts of theft by deception Friday. John P. Bartos, 41, ...