WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as U.S. layoffs remain low despite growing concern about a weakening job market. U.S. filings for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 10 fell by 9,000 to 198,000, down from 207,000 the previous week, the Labor ...
LIBERTY — Township police are investigating the deaths of two people at their residence Thursday afternoon. Police Chief Ray Buhala said officers responded to a mobile home on Tuttle Drive in the Vintage Village Estates Mobile Home Park for a welfare check. Upon entering, a man and a ...
The Youngstown State men’s basketball team’s losing streak in Horizon League play extended to six games on Thursday. Despite leading by one at halftime, the Penguins struggled to stop the Raiders, falling on the road 93-83 at the Nutter Center in Dayton. YSU trailed the majority of the ...
Taking an enjoyable dive into the area’s past, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society hosted its January “Bites and Bits of History” lunchtime program with a focus on “Made in the Mahoning Valley: Local Firsts” Thursday afternoon at Tyler History Center. The event corresponds with ...
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby scored one of Pittsburgh’s three power-play goals and the Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Thursday night. Crosby also had an assist to become the eighth player in NHL history with at least 19 50-point seasons. Crosby, who reached 50 for the sixth ...
Staff report COLUMBUS — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office rejected the summary language for a proposed statewide voter referendum aimed at repealing Senate Bill 56, which authorizes many changes to the state’s medical and adult-use marijuana laws. The Attorney General’s Office ...