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New state unemployment claims remain steady

Business News

Staff report Ohioans filed 4,717 initial unemployment claims last week, which was 341 more than the previous week. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Ohioans filed 40,632 continued unemployment claims last week, which was 961 fewer than the previous week. The total number ...

City considers hiring law firm to investigate viability of SOBE

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN – City council will consider legislation Wednesday to spend up to $130,000 for a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term financial viability of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, the troubled downtown utility company. The legislation, sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell, ...

Austintown shooting victim identified

Local News

AUSTINTOWN — Officials have formally identified the man killed in a Wednesday shooting in Austintown. A press release from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office on Thursday states that St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital informed the coroner just after 8 a.m. Wednesday of the death of ...

Central Y gets $1M grant for renovations

Local News

The YMCA of Youngstown received a $1 million state brownfield remediation grant, while two projects in Warren received a combined $935,520 for improvement work. The three projects were among 160 receiving funding Thursday through the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Brownfield ...