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Commissioners offer sympathies on death of colleague Carol Rimedio-Righetti's spouse

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YOUNGSTOWN — One of the Mahoning Valley’s longest-serving leaders is in mourning today, and her colleagues have made it clear that she will not grieve alone. Frank Righetti, 88, the husband of Mahoning County Commissioner and former Youngstown City Councilwoman Carol Rimedio-Righetti, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Fellow Commissioners Geno DiFabio and Anthony Traficanti announced the news at Thursday’s regular meeting, and asked for a moment of silence. At the end of a short meeting, both commissioners offered condolences to their colleague and spoke kindly ...

Infant mortality summit gets grant

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The Ohio Commission on Minority Health awarded a $15,000 grant to the Youngstown City Health District to support its Minority Health Infant Mortality Summit. The event is Sept. 18 at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in downtown. The conference will bring together healthcare professionals, community organizations, expectant parents, caregivers and families to address maternal and infant health, and the disparities that impact the community. The event will have sessions focusing on maternal health before and after pregnancy, safe sleep, domestic violence, the impact of tobacco and ...

SOBE hearing set for Sept. 14

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A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio judge will hear arguments Sept. 14 from the city of Youngstown and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel urging the commission to revisit its decision to greatly raise steam heat rates for most of downtown Youngstown. Jacky Werman St. John, a PUCO administrative law judge, on Thursday issued an order for the Sept. 14 hearing at the commission’s office in Columbus. Her order came a day after the PUCO voted 5-0 to grant requests for a rehearing on its June 24 approval of emergency rate hikes to the 23 downtown customers that receive steam ...

Hawaii prepares for a possible weekend cyclone

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HONOLULU (AP) — Communities still recovering from last weekend’s hurricane in Hawaii could get pounded again in coming days from another tropical system gaining strength over warm Pacific waters. Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees, covered roads in mud and rocks and left many households without electricity. With thousands of homes and businesses still in the dark Thursday, forecasters warned yet another tropical cyclone is likely to approach the islands soon. A depression moving west and northwest could become a tropical storm in the coming hours and pass near ...

YSU ignites the semester

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YOUNGSTOWN — Incoming Youngstown State University freshman Adrianna Holden hopes to major in studio art, and she wasted no time cutting to the colorful chase. “I hope someday to become a storybook artist,” Holden, of Youngstown, said. “I really like the art program here.” She was ...

New World screwworm outbreak puts Texas pet adoptions on hold

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Adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm, an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years. The flesh-eating parasite threatens the nation’s $113 billion beef industry, prompting federal officials to close the border to cattle movements. Because the screwworm also can infect pets, most states have restricted the movement of animals from infested areas of Texas, leading to crowded ...