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Marriage licenses granted Sept. 14-18 in Mahoning County: Aidan Joseph Matey, 29, Columbiana, and Rachael Marie Fandozzi, 29, Youngstown Noah Ray Parker, 26, New Castle, Pa., and Savana Rose Barker, 23, New Castle, Pa. Mark Americo Gustovich, 26, Youngstown, and Macy Antonia Lombardo, 25, Youngstown Judin Balella, 27, Youngstown, and Maria Alexandra Vince, 28, Warren Stephen Frank Medina, 31, Youngstown, ad Marisa DiSalvo, 27, Warren Nathan Dallas Moore, 23, Youngstown, and Kyleigh Noel Shugart, 25, Youngstown Trong Toan Ho, 35, Boardman, and An Ngoc Hai Nguyen, 42, ...

Efforts to oust Ciccone stall

YOUNGSTOWN – There are only two ways to forcibly remove controversial Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone from office — and both are at dead ends. Issues with Ciccone, a Republican — including the failure to handle basic functions of his job such as paying utility bills and ...

Second Bookstore Crawl happens in October

The 2026 Fall Bookstore Crawl will take place 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 3. Scheduled participants are Bob’s Bookstore, 657 E. State St., Salem; Paperback Shack, 6058 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles; POP! Art Books Culture, 6949 Market St., Boardman; Once Upon a Bookstore, 351 Youngstown Kingsville Road, Vienna; The Book Nook, 222 E. Market St., Warren; and The Literary Escape, 436 W. Carolina Ave., Chester, W.Va. Participants will receive a stamp card at any of the participating bookstores and use that card to collect stamps from the other participating bookstores. After visiting the ...

Telehealth companies keep exposing customers’ data

WASHINGTON — The appeal of telehealth is easy to explain: Instead of calling a doctor, booking an appointment and hoping to eventually get a prescription, you can log onto an app or website and get approved for a new medication within minutes. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, scores of online ...

Nation and world at a glance for Sept. 26

Trump claws back $1B for immigrants, diversity WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. The Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on “the most harmful government spending.” Most of the cuts affect services for immigrants, including nonprofits serving refugees and asylum seekers. Also affected are programs for migrant students and ...

Trump can use voter database, court rules

NEW YORK — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court’s three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Trump administration’s revamped version of a Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their ...