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Two people suffer gunshot wounds early Wednesday

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YOUNGSTOWN — Two people suffered gunshot wounds in an early-morning incident Wednesday at the intersection East Florida and South avenues. Officers in a patrol car heard multiple gunshots at that location at 12:07 a.m. near South and Indianola avenues and advised police dispatch. A few moments later, the ShotSpotter notification system alerted the police department to shots fired at South and East Florida avenues. While additional officers were on their way, they were notified that someone had been shot on East Florida Avenue, a Youngstown police report states. When officers ...

Film academy invites 529 new members

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday invited 529 members to the Oscar voting body, a new class that brings the group’s membership to nearly double what it was a decade ago. Among those who received invites are “One Battle After Another” nominee Teyana Taylor, Josh O’Connor, Jenna Ortega, Jacob Elordi and Simu Liu. If all new members accept their invitations, the film academy will number 11,319, with 10,338 voting members. In 2016, the academy numbered closer to 6,000 members. But to diversify its ranks, the Oscars organization has ...

Boardman trustees OK cancer tests for fire department

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BOARDMAN — The township is home to the county’s first-responder wellness center, and now the township’s officials are taking another step to ensure first responder wellness. At Wednesday’s meeting, Boardman Township Trustees approved a motion to fund cutting-edge cancer screenings for Boardman’s firefighters, a move that led IAFF Local 1176 President Brian Hallquist to publicly thank the board. The firefighters union also issued a news release to that effect. “I am confident these tests will help detect early cancer cells to allow our firefighters to get early treatment ...

Central Tower gets tax credit

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YOUNGSTOWN — The $21.66 million planned renovation project to Central Tower — Youngstown’s tallest building — received a $4.25 million state historic preservation tax credit to convert it into a mixed-use project with 64 apartments and office space. Federal tax credits also typically are given to buildings that receive state tax credits. It’s the second time Central Tower, also called the First National Bank building with a branch on the ground floor, received state historic preservation tax credits. It received $2 million on Dec. 11, 2024. Presumably, the $2 million ...

Rulli says bill will end predatory litigation by ‘radical groups’

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U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced a bill he said will end predatory litigation by “radical special-interest groups” against the federal government filed under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The act, passed in 1980, authorizes the awarding of attorneys’ fees and litigation costs to certain individuals, small businesses and other entities that prevail against the federal government in judicial proceedings and certain adversary adjudications when the government’s position is not substantially justified, according to the Administrative Conference of the United States, ...

Archaeologists find Viking textile site in Denmark

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SOFTEN, Denmark (AP) — Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society. Experts from the Moesgaard Museum said this week that the sprawling 100,000-square-meter (more than 1 million-square-foot) site features an area for processing flax as well as more than 80 pit houses — semi-buried huts that were used as workshops and dwellings in Viking times. It’s located in Soften, 6 miles north of Denmark’s second-largest city, Aarhus, on the Jutland peninsula. ...