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Beeghly Center evacuated

YOUNGSTOWN — Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University was evacuated Friday after a pool cleaning accident released toxic gas. The incident occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. and sent an employee from the pool cleaning company to the hospital. The building remained closed for most of the ...

Safety committee stands firm for now

YOUNGSTOWN – Skeptical of police department practices, city council’s safety committee refused to let the full legislative body vote on accepting a $1.61 million federal grant to pay 75% of the salaries of up to 15 new officers and the purchase of 11 new vehicles. After an 80-minute ...

Brown outraises Turner in mayoral primary

YOUNGSTOWN — In the Democratic primary for Youngstown mayor, incumbent Jamael Tito Brown raised two-and-a-half times as much money as his challenger, Third Ward Councilwoman Samantha Turner, between Jan. 1 and April 16, but she spent a little more than him. In the preprimary period, between ...

Appeal denied in rape case

By ED RUNYAN Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — An appeal in the Sergio Gonzalez III rape case has produced a surprising outcome: Certain evidence should not have been permitted at Gonzalez’s trial last July, but there was so much other evidence, it didn’t matter, the majority opinion of the ...

Manufacturing mogul died from heart issues

120 years ago in 1905, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: Passing of William Tod. Long sickness ended in his death at an early hour today. Heart trouble the cause. One of the most successful of the city’s prominent manufacturers – greatly admired. An ...

Grant to boost water quality program

The Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District is training volunteers to monitor Mahoning County’s three major watersheds. With a $4,000 grant from the Ohio EPA, the district purchased equipment and will provide training to get the program running. Funding was awarded in January. ...