LIBERTY — Liberty school officials will try again to get voter support for a 2.5-mill additional levy for permanent improvements in the district. The board of education at its June meeting took the first step to place the five-year levy on the Nov. 3 general election ballot and have ...
LISBON — The Lisbon school district intends to fully resume in-person classes when the new school year starts on Aug. 24,but officials want to hear from parents before the plan is completed. Superintendent Joseph Siefke announced at Wednesday’s school board meeting they will be holding a ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A 39-year-old man — already serving a 30-year prison sentence for two rapes in Portage County — was sentenced in Mahoning County to another 20 years for a 2018 rape in Poland Township. Shawn Wendling, formerly of New Castle, Pa., pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of rape ...
LISBON — A Salem man pleaded guilty this week in Common Pleas Court to charges related to stabbing two people he knew in Salem last summer. Ryan D. Wilson, 29, Barclay Avenue, Salem, pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony tampering with evidence charge and two counts of felonious assault, ...
SMARTS (Students Motivated by the ARTS) will receive $50,000 in federal relief funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Youngstown-based community art school was one of the 855 organizations to be funded out of ...
LIBERTY — Township officials are looking at using the $160,000 in CARES Act funds the township has received to have “touch free” entrance doors and restrooms at the township administration building. Trustee Chairman Arnold Clebone said at Thursday’s special meeting the money needs to ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Lynn Henry of Youngstown had more than Independence Day to celebrate on Saturday. She won $184,000 in the Rolling Cash 5 drawing on July 4. Henry will receive $132,480 after mandatory state and federal tax withholdings. She bought her ticket at Raccoon Road Drive Thru in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in early trading on Wall Street this morning, the latest eddies in a week full of erratic swings driven by worries about rising coronavirus counts. The S&P 500 was down 0.3 percent, as of 10:09 a.m. Eastern time, after flipping between small gains ...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and strength as it moved closer to land this morning, and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding. Fay was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the ...
Authorities planned this morning to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared after renting the pontoon boat for three hours Wednesday afternoon and taking it out ...