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Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem

Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found. The study, by the Federal Reserve Bank of ...

Ex-city clerk of courts opposes case dismissal

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney representing Sarah Brown-Clark, a former Youngstown clerk of courts seeking back pay, told a judge the city’s request to dismiss the case is “improper” and “premature.” James Vitullo, Brown-Clark’s attorney, wrote in a response to the city’s dismissal ...

Galloping pony takes Austintown police for a ride through township

Local News

AUSTINTOWN — Not every police chase involves a subject in an automobile. Austintown officers got a taste of what an exciting Monday evening might have looked like in the days of founders Calvin Austin and John McCollum. Their quarry was not a suspicious character in a sedan but rather a ...

Serial arsonist sentenced for city fires

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Will A. Jones, 60, pleaded guilty recently in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to 14 counts of aggravated arson and was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison. Jones set fires to three homes containing 14 people Nov. 22 and 23 not far from each other on the city’s South ...

Youngstown committee OKs work to new bar

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Work is ongoing at a long-vacant building near the Youngstown State University campus to open under the Pogo’s Pub name, which was used several years ago. The city’s design review committee on Tuesday approved requested exterior improvements to 214 W. Rayen Ave., where the ...

Austintown police land grant for cold case tech

Local News

AUSTINTOWN — Police may have the advantage in a cold case after receiving a state grant. On Monday, the Austintown Police Department informed trustees that it had received a $24,900 Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Genetic Genealogy Grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. Lt. ...