YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization is preparing events, activities and gatherings for Ohio Nonviolence Week that gets underway early next month. Nonviolence Week, which runs Oct. 4 to 10, will begin with the 16th annual Nonviolence Parade and Rally, set for 3 ...
GIRARD — For the past six years, residents off West Prospect Street near the former Hartzell Park have come together for an annual neighborhood block party. The event took place Sunday and brought current and past neighborhood members together for a day of celebration. Andrea Daniels, an event organizer, said the idea for the event is based on African-American families who moved to Ohio as part of the Great Migration in the 1900s and settled in the western Girard neighborhood. She said people shared their stories of living in Girard and conducted a tribute for those from the ...
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council plans a community outreach event 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Edward Church, 240 Tod Lane, Youngstown. Volunteers from the St. Columba Cathedral Parish and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will offer guests a free to-go meal, free groceries and free bags of clothing on a first-come, first-served basis. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mahoning District Council also provides a free meal six days a week at its 430 Williamson Ave. dining hall location in Youngstown, daily bread and other groceries at the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran “will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out.” The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, who boasted of new missile capability and claimed it had been “tested” against a U.S. warship. But it was not clear whether what was tested was the missile the new report described, the ...
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder announced last week that the agency is delaying implementation of a ban that limits the purchase of certain sugary drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in Ohio. The ban, originally slated to begin Oct. 1, is being put on hold at the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Administration. Earlier this year, FNA approved a waiver allowing Ohio to restrict the use of SNAP benefits to purchase certain beverages. Such beverages include fountain drinks and carbonated ...
Staff report WARREN —The Trumbull County Planning Commission has recognized the Rev. John Michael L. Oliver, executive director of the African American Male Wellness Agency–Mahoning Valley as the recipient of its “Something Good Initiative,” honoring his outstanding leadership, ...
