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Youngstown fire chief to leave department

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YOUNGSTOWN — With it highly unlikely that Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell would retain him as fire chief, Barry Finley, who has a contentious relationship with the firefighters union, withdrew from consideration for the job. Finley, who retired March 15 and was rehired by Mayor Jamael Tito ...

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SANTA’S WORKSHOP: Santa’s Workshop will be open 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the OHWOW! Center in Youngstown. The workshop is free and open to the public. Free photos with Santa will be 3 to 6 p.m. ABWA CHRISTMAS: The Mill Creek Chapter of American Business Women’s Association will celebrate ...

Bristol earns first win vs. Windham, 43-34

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WINDHAM — Entering Wednesday’s game, both Bristol and Windham, two younger teams just trying to find footing in this new season, were in search of their first win. It was the Panthers who got that, taking down the Bombers, 43-34. After an 0-2 start with promising signs, Bristol coach ...

LIUNA Local 125 donates to food bank

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Staff report The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 125 presented a $4,100 donation Wednesday to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley. The union’s Business Manager Rich Troisi and Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Brown, joined by representatives from the Ohio ...

Bystanders, responders save girl who fell into river

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YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police and firefighters credited two bystanders for helping save a 13-year-old girl from the Mahoning River a little after midnight Wednesday after she fell from the red Peanut Bridge, which is in front of the main fire station and connects downtown to Mahoning ...

Aaron Rodgers not panicking despite Steelers slump

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PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers doesn’t see the need to dip into his greatest hits to put things in perspective for the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who famously told everyone in Green Bay — his teammates included — to “R-E-L-A-X” after a sluggish start, has no plans to ...