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Conductor Wyner stepping down from role with Warren Philharmonic Orchestra

By ANDY GRAY Staff writer WARREN — After 24 years, Susan Davenny Wyner is stepping down as music director and conductor of the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra. Her final concert will be the orchestra’s April 21 performance at First Presbyterian Church in Warren. The orchestra announced ...

‘Shy’ murder defendant finds himself center of attention

YOUNGSTOWN — Murder defendant John E. Morgan, 47, of Campbell, whose girlfriend described him as a “shy teddy bear,’’ spent hours on the witness stand Tuesday morning as the final witness in his trial. He is accused of murder and other offenses in the death of Daniel Peek Sr. By the ...

Boardman developer comes under scrutiny

BOARDMAN — The owner of a large piece of mostly undeveloped property on which a proposed 50-unit senior independent housing development is to be built is in violation of terms of a new construction permit, a township official contends. During Monday evening’s regular trustees meeting at ...

Filmmaker Keith A. Beauchamp brings story of Emmett Till to life

YOUNGSTOWN — The Aug. 28, 1955, kidnapping and brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, might have occurred nearly 69 years ago, but the tragic story continues to reverberate — and many of the same conditions that led to the crime still permeate our society, a ...

Slain driver tied to traffic fatality

YOUNGSTOWN — A newly released police report from the Feb. 13 shooting death of a 26-year-old Youngstown man confirms he is the same man who was indicted on several charges in the May 23, 2021, traffic crash death of Charles Boerio Jr. Tyrone J. Chatman Jr. of Early Road was indicted on ...

5 months later, YEA contract not finalized

YOUNGSTOWN — It’s been slightly more than five months since a one-year contract between the Youngstown Education Association and the Youngstown Board of Education was ratified, yet Eric Teutsch feels incomplete. “We’ve been trying to get this resolved for a while,” Teutsch, the ...