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Property transfers for July 3

Latest News July 3, 2026

Property transfers recorded June 22 to 26 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Floyd Showers III to Pamela Lott, 3787 Cumberland Circle, $240,000 David P. Carpenter and Vaness Carpenter to Joshua Smith, 4259 Carlisle Ave., $213,000 Dominic T. Moltchan and Krista M. Neff to Steven Ross Hood and Jennifer Marie Hood, 2220 Elm Trace St., $232,500 Joe Koch Construction Inc. to Derek A. Frost and Laura Frost, 155 Heli Court, $436,180 La’Shawn Jennings to Matthew Morgan and Mindy Marshall, 5472 Callaway Circle, Unit 2, $154,500 Michelle N. Prusak to Ory ...

Property revaluations to bring new tax hikes

Latest News July 3, 2026

Taxes and tax relief remain the hot topic in Ohio and Mahoning County politics. Levies are being discussed ahead of the filing deadline for the November general election. County commissioners have imposed an increase on the owner-occupied tax credit that will pull just over $4 million from school, township and local agency budgets. And Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham is once more explaining why property values — and likely property taxes — are going up yet again. After he explained the triennial property revaluation to commissioners June 25, the board decided in special ...

Valley patrols crack down on texting drivers

Latest News July 3, 2026

In the spring of 2023, after the state’s new texting and driving law went into effect, officials including Gov. Mike DeWine and news media gave it a lot of attention. The Vindicator asked the commander of the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol about it in May of 2023, and he ...

Playhouse forms membership program

Local News July 3, 2026

“Membership has its privileges” was a credit card company’s advertising slogan in the 1980s, and Youngstown Playhouse is using that philosophy with a new option to lure theatergoers. The Playhouse announced a “Spotlight Member Program” that will provide access to all Playhouse-produced shows (at both the Playhouse off Glenwood Avenue and The Playhouse Downtown theater on West Boardman Street) and discounts to other events at its three performance spaces. Operations Manager Tyler Stouffer said, “When I started my position here, I thought, ‘How can we better serve our ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 3

Latest News July 3, 2026

Venezuelan security guard pulled from quake rubble CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela — Rescuers have pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement, ending a grueling dayslong operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days earlier. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was extracted safely after being trapped since June 24 under the rubble in the basement of the Galerías Playa Grande shopping center in the coastal town in La Guaira. Rescuers initially made contact with him over the weekend. Gil Flores, who ...

‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’

Business News July 3, 2026

This year’s class of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” includes Citi CEO Jane Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza, and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. The newly renamed Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced the honorees Tuesday as immigration advocates expressed concern about the future of U.S. immigration policy following last week’s Supreme Court rulings. Foundation President Dame Louise Richardson said the awards, launched in 2006, have never been meant to be political. Earlier this month, the foundation changed its name from the ...