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Man shot in back while driving on S. Side

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YOUNGSTOWN — A man was shot in the back while he was driving a car at 11:38 p.m. Thursday at East Judson Avenue and Rush Boulevard, according to Youngstown police. Officers responded to the neighborhood for a ShotSpotter notification, which alerts Youngstown police to gunfire on the South ...

McDonald residents are concerned over possible data center

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McDONALD — Some McDonald residents say they are concerned over the possibility of a data center locating in the village, but officials say nothing of such a project is official or has been brought to the planning commission. Residents at Thursday’s village council meeting told officials ...

Property transfers

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Property transfers recorded Nov. 10 to 14 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown The Estate of Roxanne L. Kubala to Christopher M. Ziemainski and Sarah Ziemainski, 3475 42nd St., $275,000 Donald J. Haas and Lea D. Haas to Edward Dorbish, 4289 Wedgewood Drive, ...

McDowell needs few more days to choose key hires

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YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell needs a few more days to decide who will serve as his chief of staff, law director and finance director. McDowell said earlier this week that he planned to make those announcements Friday with the caveat that he couldn’t “guarantee that we will ...

Austintown PD offers enticements to boost staff

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AUSTINTOWN — The township has a new plan to restore the police department to adequate staffing levels. In an emergency meeting on Thursday, trustees approved a memorandum of understanding between the Austintown Police Department and FOP Lodge 126, representing the township’s sworn police ...

Judge orders Youngstown to restore fired officer to old job

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YOUNGSTOWN — A judge upheld an arbitrator’s decision that Youngstown must reinstate Brian Flynn, fired as a police lieutenant in December 2022 after being accused of dereliction of duty, with back pay and interest. In her Thursday decision, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen ...