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CLOTHING FOR ALL AGES: Grace Community Closet at Grace Lutheran Church, 162 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown, offers cost effective clothing for all ages. The Closet is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month. For information, call 330-792-5889. CAR SHOW: Adult Day ...

Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal

Business News

NEW YORK — Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt. Roku will continue to be run as an open, partner-friendly platform, the companies said Monday, and there appears to be no immediate changes that ...

Anderson reelected Mahoning County Democratic chairman

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YOUNGSTOWN — Chris Anderson was reelected to his second and what he says is his final four-year term as Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman. Anderson said, “When I ran four years ago, I made it clear I had no ambition to make politics my career. I wanted to build the party ...

Skolnick earns 1st place in Ohio SPJ contest

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Staff report Reporter David Skolnick, who covers politics for The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, won first place in the Best Government/Political Reporting category in the 2026 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists contest. The award is just the latest for Skolnick, a veteran reporter ...

Jury finds man guilty of rape

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YOUNGSTOWN — A jury found Brian T. Swansiger, 29, of New Middletown, guilty Monday of two counts of rape but not guilty of one lesser count of gross sexual imposition in a trial that began a week ago in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Judge Maureen Sweeney could sentence Swansiger to ...

Youngstown Freedom School kicks off at Tyler museum

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YOUNGSTOWN — Sophia Krannich has never met James Meredith, but that didn’t diminish her gratitude for the groundwork she feels he helped lay for her. “He was a very brave person,” Sophia, a Salem Middle School student, said Monday. “I think he was a good person for society, and ...