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Events center opens in McDonald

McDONALD — Village resident John Black said he always wanted to have a place in the village for residents to go to for a variety of events and activities. That goal has become a reality after work was done on the inside and outside of the building with the opening this summer of The Center ...

Fairgrounds gets fair ready

CANFIELD — A group of volunteers is hard at work in the Canfield Harness Horsemen’s Association Museum in the speed barn complex at the Canfield Fairgrounds. The museum will feature a large variety of paraphernalia related to harness racing at the Canfield Fair, which has been around a ...

How to help after Nepal and Tibet’s catastrophic floods

As rescue teams continue searching for hundreds of people missing along the Nepal-China border following catastrophic floods, humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors. Hundreds are dead or missing after a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities Wednesday following a glacier collapse. The Nepalese army has been using helicopters to rescue people because so many roads and bridges have been washed out. Dan Hovey, vice president of emergency response at Direct Relief, which provides medicines and healthcare to disaster-struck ...

Police blotters for Austintown, Boardman, Canfield for Aug. 29

Austintown Police activity in Austintown from Aug. 20 to Aug. 26: Aug. 26, — 12:42 p.m. A report was taken regarding the theft of money from a purse at 6001 Mahoning Ave. 4:44 p.m. — A report was taken regarding the theft of medication from the mail at 5934 Callaway Circle. ...

Property transfers for Aug. 29

Mahoning County property transfers recorded Aug. 10-14 and transfers from portions of Trumbull County recorded Aug. 17-21: Austintown Walter Terlecky Investments LLC to Westchester Property Group LLC, 60 Westchester Drive, $305,000 Walter D. Terlecky to Westchester Property Group LLC, ...

Ohio’s bicentennial bell rings in Canfield Fair

CANFIELD — The historic Mahoning County Ohio Bicentennial Bell will return to the fairgrounds for this year’s fair, thanks to the efforts of Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio. The bell actually had its start at the 2003 Canfield Fair when the state of Ohio’s Bicentennial ...