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Community news: All aboard for Austintown model rail show

Community News November 9, 2026

RAILROAD DISPLAYS: Youngstown Model Railroad Association's fall open house will take place noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the club at Raccoon Road and Four Mile Run Road in Austintown. The association is one of the few clubs in the country with complete displays of O scale and the smaller HO scale. There will be layouts and displays of both scales in the club's new building addition. ABWA TO MEET: The American Business Women’s Association will meet Tuesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Members will be celebrating the 64th anniversary of the Mill Creek Chapter of ABWA. ...

Agenda for Nov. 9

Community News November 9, 2026

MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will have a staff meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the conference room at the administration building. ELLSWORTH ZONING COMMISSION will meet at 6 p.m Tuesday at the fire hall. AUSTINTOWN-BOARDMAN-MAHONING COUNTY JOINT COMMUNICATION S DISTRICT will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Boardman Township government center. CRAIG BEACH VILLAGE COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building. MILL CREEK METROPARKS Park Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Wick Recreation Center at the park. YOUNGSTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 5 p.m. ...

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Low interest in Valley’s high unemployment rate

Business News November 9, 2026

In a few weeks, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will release its monthly ranking of unemployment rates for the state’s 88 counties. Barring a seismic economic shift, Trumbull and Mahoning counties will find themselves atop the list for October. And the news, like each release ...

Magicians conjure up fun at 100th anniversary bash

Local News November 9, 2026

BOARDMAN -- There was magic in the air at the 100th anniversary dinner celebration of the Youngstown Magic Club Ring 2 on Saturday at Magic Tree Pub & Eatery. “There is a discussion about who is the first magic club in the country, St. Louis or Youngstown,” said Gary Morton, The ...

Resolution seeks to halt St. Joe's ward closing

Local News November 9, 2026

WARREN — Warren City Council will consider a resolution at this week’s Tuesday meeting opposing the decision of Mercy Health to end labor and delivery services at St. Joseph Warren Hospital and consolidate deliveries at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital. “Council strongly opposes the elimination of labor and delivery services at St. Joseph Warren Hospital and urges Mercy Health to reconsider and pursue feasible staffing, physician coverage, partnership and operational alternatives to preserve local deliveries,” the proposed resolution states. It asks MercyHealth to “suspend ...