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'Dying to Know' seminar encourages planning to avert crisis

For most families, conversations about death, aging, funeral planning, probate, hospice care and end-of-life wishes are often postponed until circumstances force them to be addressed. A recent community event in Boardman sought to change that by creating a comfortable setting where people could ask difficult questions before they find themselves facing a crisis. Davis Becker Funeral Home hosted “Dying to Know,” a free community open house that brought together professionals from a wide range of fields connected to aging, caregiving and end-of-life planning. Representatives from ...

Judge stresses timeline in Havas case

CANFIELD — A man accused of an attempted assault on gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair appeared in court for a pretrial hearing Friday. Since Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield, was arrested at the fair on Sept. 6, prosecutors have determined that while he possessed a ...

Good election turnout expected in Mahoning, Trumbull

VOTER TURNOUT The voter turnout for even-year elections in Mahoning and Trumbull counties 2024 Mahoning: 70.03% Trumbull: 69.53% 2022 Mahoning: 53.17% Trumbull: 54.14% 2020 Mahoning: 72.59% Trumbull: 74.35% 2018 Mahoning: 54.72% Trumbull: 53.84% 2016 Mahoning: 70.82% Trumbull: 69.7% 2014 Mahoning: 41.55% Trumbull: 40.81% With high-profile and competitive races for governor and U.S. senator on the ballot, election directors in Mahoning and Trumbull counties are predicting good turnout. Tom McCabe, Mahoning County Board of Elections director, said he expects turnout ...

Youngstown man acquitted in teen’s death

YOUNGSTOWN — Darius Smith is a free man. A Mahoning County jury, seated before Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John M. Durkin, acquitted the 23-year-old south-sider Friday on one count of murder with a firearm specification. Smith faced a minimum sentence of 18 years to life if ...

Board of elections to finally get new home

YOUNGSTOWN – The Western Reserve Port Authority is paying $900,000 to purchase the former Williamson Elementary School and then make improvements for what will be the new home of the Mahoning County Board of Elections. The Vindicator reported Sept. 9 that county commissioners, the WRPA and the Youngstown City School District were finalizing plans for the board of elections to relocate to the former school at 58 Williamson Ave. on the city’s South Side. The official announcement came Thursday. David Betras, board of elections’ chairman, said: “Our move to Williamson represents ...

Youngstown council to vote Wednesday on Bottom Dollar building sale

YOUNGSTOWN – City Council is expected Wednesday to vote on the proposed $350,000 sale of the former Bottom Dollar grocery store to Potential Development, a pre-K through grade 12 school system for students with autism. Potential Development was the lone proposal to buy the building, vacant since January 2015, from the city. It wants to invest $1,066,067 into the building for a K-3 school. City council chose at its Sept. 16 to wait to vote because of Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st Ward, wanted to know if there would be an issue with selling the building because the city used $1.2 ...