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County seeks renewal of MCBDD levy

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities is looking for more funding stability. On Thursday, Mahoning County commissioners approved a measure to place one of MCBDD’s two operating levies on November’s ballot for renewal. Board Superintendent Bill Whitacre ...

Head-on crash in Youngstown follows chase

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YOUNGSTOWN — Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol chased a suspect into Youngstown Sunday night from Interstate 680, leading an officer with the Youngstown Police Department to monitor the pursuit “from a safe distance” but not “get involved,” according to a Youngstown police ...

YFD returns to full staffing

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YOUNGSTOWN — With Nathan Hruska being sworn in Monday and working his first shift as a Youngstown firefighter this week, the Youngstown Fire Department returns to its full complement of 125 firefighters, Youngstown fire Chief Barry Finley said. Hruska, who worked about six months as a ...

Police: Drunk man endangers 7-week-old baby

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Staff report BOARDMAN — A local man is in trouble after allegedly taking his infant on a drunken late-night walk. Stephen A. Rivers, 30, of Tod Avenue in Boardman, is due in Mahoning County Boardman Court this morning, charged with one felony count of child endangering and one count of ...

Carnival employee found dead at mall

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Staff report BOARDMAN — The Family Fun Festival at Southern Park Mall ended abruptly this weekend, after police broke up a large fight, and it was not the only unfortunate incident to spoil the festivities. On Friday morning, a man was found dead in his trailer at the site of the ...