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Youngstown board buys property for wastewater project

Local News July 31, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control signed a $12,500 agreement to buy the clubhouse of the Afro Dogs Motorcycle Club as part of a major wastewater improvement project. The three parcels at 530 Gibson Ave. will be used as part of the city’s planned $170 million, 80-million-gallon-per-day wet weather facility to improve its wastewater system. The structures in the facility would treat excess combined sewage during heavy rainstorms and then release the water. The parcels that were owned by the club will be used for the “grit and screening” building — one of six ...

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US filings for jobless benefits rise to 197,000 last week

Business News July 31, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years. U.S. filings for jobless aid in the week ending July 25 rose by 9,000 to 197,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 188,000 but remains the lowest in more than 50 years. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 207,000 new applications. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered representative of layoffs and are close to a ...

Ex-auto title clerk sentenced for theft in office

Local News July 31, 2026

WARREN — A former Trumbull County employee has been sentenced to six months in jail for six felonies related to her stealing money and altering records to cover up the crime. Vanessa Clark, 59, of McDonald Avenue in Niles, a former employee of the auto title division of the Trumbull County Clerk of Courts Office, was sentenced Tuesday by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sarah Kovoor to 180 days in jail, with credit for 88 days already served while awaiting sentencing, court records show. She pleaded guilty May 5 to one count of theft in office and five counts of tampering ...

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Community news

Community News July 31, 2026

CARS IN THE PARKS: The annual summer Cars in the Park will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Boardman Park. The event, which is hosted by the Mahoning Valley Olde Car Club, will take place rain or shine. The event will also include a flea market. CENTER CLOSES EARLY: The D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center and Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park will be closed to the public beginning at 2 p.m. today for the annual Summer Garden Party fundraiser. The proceeds from this event support Fellows Riverside Gardens and is hosted by the Friends of Fellows Riverside ...