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Blue Coats get big boost for winter clothes program

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Staff report HUBBARD — “The mission is simple. In America, nobody should freeze to death.” Those were the words of Youngtown Blue Coats founder and president Patty Summers at the organization’s new headquarters in Hubbard. Military Officers Association of America-Mahoning and ...

Rowan foundation kicks in $145,000 for new playground

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BOARDMAN — A multitude of means to cope with and heal from trauma and grief that result from a life-altering loss are available to those who experience such an upheaval. Options include establishing a scholarship in the name of a lost loved one, pushing for stronger legislation on behalf of ...

Ex-clerk of courts loses 2nd suit against Youngstown

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YOUNGSTOWN — Sarah Brown-Clark, a former longtime Youngstown clerk of courts, lost a second lawsuit against the city in which she sought back pay she contends is owed to her. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney dismissed the case Wednesday, writing that Brown-Clark’s ...

DeWine signs Santucci bill creating Defense and Space panel

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Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law a bill, sponsored by state Rep. Nick Santucci, to create the Ohio Defense and Space Commission that the legislator says is “especially significant” for the Mahoning Valley. Santucci, R-Niles, said the law “positions Ohio to compete for more federal ...

Warren man pleads guilty in Youngstown teen’s slaying

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Staff report WARREN — A Warren man accused in the Feb. 11 shooting death of a Youngstown teen refused a plea offer Tuesday in the courtroom of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott, but changed his mind and entered a plea on Wednesday. Willis L. Smith IV, 18, ...

Former Vienna official’s appeal denied

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VIENNA — The township’s former fiscal officer can continue to count off the days until her prison stay concludes. That’s because Linda McCullough, who served as the township’s fiscal officer from 2019 to early 2024, has exhausted all of her appeals after the Ohio Supreme Court denied ...