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Canfield BOE asking voters to support 5.9-mill operating levy

CANFIELD - The Canfield Local School District will have a 5.9-mill current expense levy on the Nov. 3 ballot. The levy, if passed, will collect $5,715,791 per year for five years and will cost homeowners $207 per year for every $100,000 of property valuation. While the levy is mainly for ...

Burglar looking for love in Boardman blames AI

BOARDMAN — There are no hard feelings after a man found a stranger in his home early Tuesday morning. The resident of the Chester Drive apartment told police he won’t press charges and the man was let off with a trespass warning. The intruder told police he was looking for a prostitute and that Google AI had given him bad advice. The Boardman Police report states that officers pulled the intruder’s vehicle over after responding to a burglary in progress call around 5 a.m. The resident told officers he was awakened by footsteps in his apartment and turned over in bed to find the ...

Local doctor donates $1.25M to YSU nursing program

YOUNGSTOWN - Dr. Chander M. Kohli, a prominent local neurosurgeon and former chair of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, has donated $1.25 million to YSU’s Centofanti School of Nursing, located within the Bitonte College of Health and Human Services, in honor of his late ...

Hundreds walk to support Alzheimer’s research

YOUNGSTOWN – More than 300 people took a walk Saturday for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater East Ohio Area Chapter as it hosted its Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday at Youngstown State University. These annual walks take place nationwide, and are meant to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, research and support. According to event organizer Keyana Carter, the funds raised by the walk go into the association’s various services across the Mahoning Valley, all of which support treatment for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. “This event, and the ...

Prosecutor urges judge to permit weapons evidence in Havas case

CANFIELD – The Mahoning County prosecutor urged a judge to reject a motion by the attorney for the man accused of allegedly lunging at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton to exclude evidence that he was in possession of weapons at the time of the incident. Patrick Havas, 38, of ...