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Agenda for Thursday Aug. 20

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AUSTINTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 4 p.m. Thursday at the board conference room with the regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the middle school cafeteria. MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the hearing room of the county courthouse basement for the board meeting and at 11 a.m. at the conference room at the county administration building for the staff meeting. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD Mahoning/ Columbiana Counties Executive Committee will meet at noon Thursday at the Ohio Means Jobs Mahoning County in the Boardman Plaza.

Nation and world at a glance for August 19

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Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor; ex-Rep Jolly wins for Democrats ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly has picked up the Democratic nod, setting the stage for a fall campaign to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis. Donalds says he wants voters to elect him Florida’s first black governor. Jolly is a former Republican congressman who switched parties last year. Also Tuesday, state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Ashley Moody the GOP nomination for a special U.S. ...

Benefits from tax breaks in Mahoning outlined

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YOUNGSTOWN — Tax-incentivized development projects across Mahoning County are operating as they should, county officials say. At a recent meeting of the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners, the panel approved a resolution accepting the report of the county’s Tax Incentive Review Council, completed in 2025 for tax year 2024. The council meets annually to assess the effectiveness of economic development projects born out of tax incentives such as abatements or Tax Increment Financing districts. When a company is given a tax abatement to open in any part of the county, the entity ...

14 charged in drug ring at Penn State

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said. The illicit initiation was revealed Monday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people — including 13 current or former Penn State students — in connection with the alleged drug ring. The man accused of leading the operation, 24-year-old Agostino Abbatiello, surrendered on Tuesday after failing to appear for a scheduled arraignment on Monday on charges including possession with intent to ...

Sinking AI stocks pull Wall Street further from its record

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high on Tuesday as AI stocks got back to sinking. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% for a third straight modest loss since setting its all-time high on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 116 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.3%. Leading the way lower were stocks that have been big winners in the boom around artificial-intelligence technology. They’ve been veering up and down this summer on worries that their prices shot too high in the AI frenzy and that the strong demand for memory, processors and other ...

COMMUNITY NEWS: Dahlia show blooms this weekend in Boardman

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DAHLIA SOCIETY: The Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society will host the 22nd annual show Saturday and Sunday at the Boardman Park Lariccia Family Community Center, 375 Boardman-Poland Road. The event will take place 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Dahlias of all colors and forms and artistic designer arrangements will be entered into the show. Exhibitors from Ohio and other states will compete for prizes. Society members will answer the public’s questions. Visit mahoningvalleydahlias.org for more information. LIT YOUNGSTOWN EVENTS: Lit Youngstown has partnered with ...