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Taxes, property values headline commissioners meeting

Local News

Mahoning County’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is asking voters to approve its first new operating levy in 26 years, but the measure could face a considerable hurdle. The Mahoning County Auditor’s office also reports that residential property values increased an average of 24% ...

Agenda

Community News

•AUSTINTOWN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a work session at 4 p.m. Monday at the conference room and a regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the middle school cafeteria. •MAHONING COUNTY CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER Records Commission will meet at 4:15 p.m. Monday at the conference center, ...

Man convicted of rape caught on nanny cam

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — The jury in the Keontae Thomas rape, kidnapping and aggravated robbery trial found Thomas guilty on all counts and specifications Wednesday in a verdict that left prosecutors happy that they had obtained justice for a woman who endured a number of challenges to get to that ...

US stocks end mixed, weighed down by losses for tech giants

Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered to a mixed close on Wall Street Wednesday as technology stocks once again weighed down the market. Declines for several influential tech heavyweights, including Microsoft, pulled the broader market lower even though most stocks in the S&P 500 gained ...

PUCO approves significant SOBE rate increase

Local News

SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s downtown Youngstown customers will see significant increases in the cost for steam heat — 93% for most to take effect shortly and then by 162% more by November. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio voted 3-0 Wednesday in favor of the emergency rate ...