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Former Mathews boys basketball coach Michael Weymer resigned after OVI arrest

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Michael Weymer resigned as Mathews boys basketball head coach following an arrest on the charge of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence (OVI), according to WFMJ 21. Additionally, the Mathews “superintendent report shows the school found 94 allegations against Weymer were substantiated,” including “co-mingling public and/or school-related funds with personal funds and/or checking accounts” and failing to “maintain integrity with students, colleagues, parents, families, the community, and/or business when accepting gifts, gratuities, and/or favors.” Weymer, whose ...

Tye Wood keeping it old-school with Scrappers

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In an age where analytics have seemingly taken over the game, where every pitch is analyzed, where every at-bat is scrutinized, Mahoning Valley Scrappers outfielder Tye Wood prefers a simpler approach to baseball. “It’s all about scoring more runs than your opponent,” Wood said. “Find a way to get on base, then find a way to score. “I’ve always been about trying to get on base any way possible. Find a way to advance and to allow the offense to work behind me so I can score runs. That’s the name of the game.” After spending five years at the college level, Wood is ...

Victims of Poland car crash, Youngstown shooting identified

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Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has identified the child who died in a Tuesday evening crash on Route 224 in Poland and the man who was shot to death Wednesday evening on Youngstown’s South Side. A Thursday press release states that the child who died was 4-year-old Cassis Huddleston, a passenger who was transferred to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital after he was involved in a single vehicle accident at U.S. Route 224 and Poland Way in Poland Tuesday. An autopsy was conducted at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the ...

A 150-year-overdue book resurfaces in an Australian library

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian public library has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late and has no way of tracking down the errant borrower, a librarian said on Thursday. The book “Antiquities of Athens,” published in 1858, was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama last week by a man who had found it during recent home renovations inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace, Kiama Library manager Michelle Hudson said. “We’ve never had anything that old come back to us,” Hudson said. “I follow lots of libraries on social media ...

Pet supplies collected for agencies

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Menards home improvement store in Bazetta is serving as a pet supply collection site through August and September. Donations collected at the store, located at 2015 Wal Mart Drive NE, will be forwarded to an area humane agency. There is a collection box near the exit doors at Menards to place donations. Menards offers a wide variety of pet supplies that will be donated, including food, treats, feeders, collars, beds, storage containers, mats and more.

Girard OKS participating with Mahoning River water trail

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GIRARD — City Council has approved Girard officials participating with other local communities and leaders to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail. At their meeting this week, officials said that Girard will join other communities such as Howland, Weathersfield, McDonald, Youngstown, Campbell, Struthers, Lowellville and Poland to extend the Mahoning River Water Trail as a means to encourage tourism and eco-friendly, educational, historical, cultural and recreational activities on the river. Mayor Mark Zuppo will be the official representative of the city to participate in the ...