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Boardman school hails veterans at breakfast

A breakfast to honor military veterans at Stadium Drive Elementary School in Boardman was one of many Veterans Day week events in the Mahoning Valley. Here is a list of others: CORTLAND – Cortland Veterans Memorial Committee will have a ceremony 2 p.m. Sunday at the Veterans Memorial in ...

City water project bid arrives at half of estimated $4.3M

YOUNGSTOWN – The apparent low bid for the first phase of a significant and extensive wastewater improvement project came in at about half of the estimate. Four bids were opened Friday for the work with Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co. of Youngstown submitting the apparent low bid of ...

Nov. 7 property transfers

Property transfers recorded Oct. 26-30 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Rayvin Gorrell to Jessica and Bryan Enyeart, 4463 Nantucket Drive, $143,000 Jessica and Victor Foor to Dale Foor, 4626 Rita Ave., $40,860 Melissa K. and Scott E. Mathenay to Jamie M. ...

Mahoning, Trumbull regain status as swing counties

The momentum swung back in favor of Democrats in the Mahoning Valley during this election, but the chairmen of both political parties in Mahoning and Trumbull say the area is still up for grabs. Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Anderson said: “For two years, I’ve been ...

How to get started with AI agents, and which are best for specific tasks

Agentic artificial intelligence is gaining popularity far beyond tech circles, with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies going head-to-head in the surging market for consumer-friendly AI agents. While the leading AI labs have offered tools with agentic capabilities for years, agents that are designed to work proactively on a user’s behalf for tasks from buying groceries to managing to-do lists have taken off this year. For anyone getting started, it can be overwhelming to understand the differences between the companies’ various offerings and which agents might be best ...