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Lee Enterprises stabilizes finances with $50M investment

Business News

Lee Enterprises announced a compromise Tuesday with billionaire investor David Hoffmann, who offered to take over the nation’s third-largest newspaper chain this year, to help stabilize the company’s finances with a $50 million investment and set Lee up for the future. Hoffmann, whose ...

Dems plan to meet to fill council seat

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Democratic Party plans to appoint a successor to Anita Davis to represent Youngstown’s 6th Ward on city council at a Jan. 26 meeting. Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Anderson said two weeks ago that he had concerns about getting a quorum of ...

Retirees keep serving the public

Local News

AUSTINTOWN — While members of the local Police and Fire Retirees and Widows of Ohio Association stay informed on the latest retirement pension changes, they also stay active with various gatherings as well as give back to the local community. Members of District 2 Chapter 10 gathered ...

Man indicted on 14 counts of arson

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Will A. Jones, 59, the man accused of starting fires at three occupied homes in the city containing a combined 14 people on Nov. 22 and 23, as well as starting four vehicle fires, has been indicted on 14 counts of aggravated arson with specifications of being a repeat ...

Man accepts plea deal in Youngstown shooting

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Dre’Juan M. Cochrane, 25, of West Ravenwood Avenue, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of felonious assault and discharge of a firearm at or near prohibited premises and two one-year gun specifications in a May 5, 2023, incident on his street in which he fired a gun at a ...

Commissioners support dedicating section of Market Street

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio said Tuesday that Clarence “Sonny” Smith and his family donated “a lot of property in Boardman where the Government Center is. They donated the new Smith Wellness Center.” The wellness center is a place for first responders in ...