GOVERNING BOARD OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF MAHONING COUNTY will have a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Monday at in Room 130A at the school offices in Canfield. AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the township administration building, HUBBARD CITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the municipal building with caucus at 6:30 p.m.
Property transfers recorded Sept. 21-25 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Justin P. Mitulinski to Michelle Calabretta, 2790 Vollmer Drive, $230,000 Barbara J. Raver to Richard Hassel Sr. and Richard Hassel II, 224 Yorkshire Blvd., $145,000 Patrick M. Marmagin to DAC Holdings LLC, 1685 Laurie Drive, $132,000 John E. Vargo Jr. to BH and JDH LLC, 1342 Orkney Ave., $90,100 Bryce J. and Toni J. Cosier to Charles D. and Roxanne M. Benner, 1055 Ohltown Road, $162,500 Michael D. and Ashley Rusu by PSO to Richard E. and Matthew C. Hofus, 84 Kleber Ave., ...
AI CONFERENCE: A public policy conference, “Big Issues. Bold Ideas. Our Region’s Future,” will take place 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19 at Stambaugh Auditorium. How will the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and data centers affect the Mahoning Valley — and what opportunities and challenges could it create for our economy? Join the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber for a program exploring AI, data center development and the public policy issues shaping Ohio’s economic future. The program will feature Benjamin Harvey, D.Sc., founder of AI Squared and Research ...
A friend who’s close to retirement texted that she was concerned about the bond market. She’d been building out that fixed-income allocation over the past several years at the urging of her adviser. Her message made me wonder if some people might have misguided ideas about bonds. Volatility is much lower than for stocks For one thing, notwithstanding the recent headlines, bonds’ volatility is almost always going to be mild alongside the fluctuations that stocks experience. For example, on Sept. 1, 2026, a day when bonds grabbed the top headline on The Wall Street Journal’s ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August. Economists had expected September payrolls to come in around 90,000. Labor Department revisions also shaved 60,000 jobs off combined July and ...
CANFIELD - It was a packed house Thursday for the 2026 Youngtown/Warren Regional Chamber’s Good Evening Canfield event at Waypoint 4180, where updates were given by local government and school district officials, and two special awards were presented. The first award was the Business Pride Award, given to Chuck Whitman of CTW Development. Whitman had the vision for the Westford Lifestyle Community and Waypoint 4180. Whitman’s son, Brad Whitman, presented future projects for the Westford area, including a big project slated to begin in the spring known as “The Street.” “We ...