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Future brighter for Hubbard dispensary with vote to end ban

HUBBARD — The future looks brighter for the city’s lone dispensary after voters passed lifting a ban on adult-use recreational cannabis. Dustin Crites, A Cut Above Dispensary’s general manager, explained that while things are still tight, there’s now an impending sense of hope. ...

Fire department regroups after EMS levy fails

BOARDMAN — The Boardman Township Fire Department and Trustees must figure out what comes next after voters on Tuesday rejected a 4.5-mill levy for ambulance services. The measure, if approved, would have generated $6.1 million per year for five years to support the existing ambulance, which ...

Former Campbell man gets 20 years in prison for rapes

YOUNGSTOWN — Judge Anthony D’Apolito sentenced Christopher Figueroa, 40, of Campbell to 20 years in prison Thursday for raping two women between 2006 and 2021. Caitlyn Andrews, assistant county prosecutor, said the investigation into the rapes began in 2021 when one of the victims ...

Mahoning marriage licenses, divorces, dissolutions

Marriage licenses Marriage licenses granted Nov. 4 to 7 in Mahoning County: William Henry Evick II, 78, Youngstown, and Charlene Hough Heard, 75, Erie, Pa. Mark Anthony Beckelheimer, 51, Youngstown, and Caren Elizabeth Gaskins, 34, Youngstown Anthony John Pasquale, 39, Poland, and ...

Election 2024: A red wave engulfs the Valley

Before the 2016 election, it was difficult to believe that Republicans could make major inroads in Mahoning and Trumbull counties, two Democratic strongholds since 1936. Tuesday’s election shows how much politics in the two counties has changed. The Republicans swept every race on ...