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Fischer bill requiring legal check on Ohio workers signed by DeWine

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Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law a bill sponsored by state Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Boardman, to require employers in the construction business to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure workers hired in Ohio are legally authorized to work in this country. The U.S. Department of Homeland ...

Man who got long sentence in 2011 charged with strangulation

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YOUNGSTOWN — Sanjuan Smith, 57, who has an extensive criminal record, including a 10-year prison sentence in 2012 for attempted rape, kidnapping and felonious assault, was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday on felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault in a Monday incident involving a ...

Youngstown Foundation awards $1.8 M in grants

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Foundation on Monday announced more than $1.8 million in new grants to 27 local nonprofit projects, including a new wellness center for first responders and an expansion project at the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley. The foundation awarded ...

Two arson-related incidents reported Sunday in Youngstown

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Two incidents were reported Sunday night that involved fires being started in places that could possibly endanger the safety of others. At 8:04 p.m. Sunday, police were called to Homewood Avenue on the South Side for fire damage near a home. A resident of the ...

Device found in car suggests South Side arson, police say

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A car was apparently lit on fire with a Molotov-cocktail type of device on East Warren Avenue on the South Side Monday night. A Youngstown police report states that officers were dispatched at 11:15 p.m. and found the Youngstown Fire Department tending to a ...

Elderly woman who went missing in Youngstown found in Pennsylvania

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department announced late Tuesday afternoon that Stella Pittman, 94, who went missing from Youngstown’s North Side Monday night, had been found safe in Beaver Falls, Pa. She was located by the Pennsylvania State Police, Capt. Jason Simon stated in an ...