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Hubbard council advances plans for dam removal

Latest News July 17, 2026

HUBBARD — Another step has been taken toward removing a dam in the community, partially as a result of a resolution approved by city council. At a council meeting earlier this month, city officials approved authorizing the city’s board of control to advertise for qualifications for design-build services associated with the Valley Mould Dam — suspending second and third readings and passing it as read. Its approval comes a month after Mayor Ben Kyle reported the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments had secured all funding necessary to remove the dam after talks that picked ...

Fed loan guarantees fail for SOBE rescue

Latest News July 17, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — An effort failed to get loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy to help downtown Youngstown businesses get off of SOBE Thermal Energy System LLC’s steam heat system, so an option with a local lending institution and the state treasurer is possible. Zach Prouty, ...

Woman deemed incompetent for trial in daughter’s death

Latest News July 17, 2026

AUSTINTOWN — The defense and prosecution agreed Wednesday that Laronda Mitchell is not competent to stand trial, so she will be taken to Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, a state mental hospital in Massillon, to attempt to restore her to competency to stand trial. Mitchell, 39, of South ...

America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?

National News July 17, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through. But even as annoying as some find the back-and-forth of the time shift in the spring and the fall, that doesn’t necessarily mean sticking to one would go over well. America has tried it before, most recently in the 1970s, and it didn’t last. Now it’s a new era, one full of people working at home who didn’t before ...

Judge honors Valley police officers at Canfield CIty Council

Local News July 17, 2026

CANFIELD — Mahoning County Area Court Judge Molly Johnson honored five local officers for their participation in helping with a recent school tour. “I recently had a group of 20 fourth graders from Salem visit my court and I want to thank officers for helping with those students,” Johnson said to city council members this week. She said the officers — four from the Canfield Police Department and one Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office deputy — put on displays and spent time with the students during the visit. As a token of her appreciation, Johnson issued each officer an ...

Mahoning library officials respond to attacks –– some of them personal

Latest News July 17, 2026

POLAND — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is once more responding to allegations made by opponents of its decision to move the Poland branch. This time, the staff said, it’s become personal. “We have been very adamant and very careful to not use individuals’ names,” said Chief Stakeholder Relations Officer Zak Kozberg. “And not only have they taken shots at our board and our staff, but also at me.” On Thursday, library staff responded to claims made by members of the Save Our Library committee on the “Ron Verb Show” on WKBN Radio on ...