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City looks at plugging new plasma center openings

YOUNGSTOWN — A city council committee is looking to add plasma centers to the list of businesses in Youngstown with moratoriums placed on them until May 1, 2026. Council’s zoning committee discussed the moratorium on plasma centers Monday as a way to get better control of certain ...

City to allot ARP funds

YOUNGSTOWN — With time running out to spend American Rescue Plan dollars, city council on Wednesday will consider allocating $2.28 million for numerous projects, decreasing a previous land acquisition fund by $1.8 million and setting aside whatever money is left toward the purchase of a new ...

Giveaway aims to aid veterans’ grocery bills

YOUNGSTOWN — Despite a freezing rain Sunday morning, every spot in the Cornersburg Sparkle supermarket parking lot was full and people were lined up under the awnings down two sides of the building. That is because the Tri-State Marine Corps League Detachment 494, VFW Austintown 4237 and ...

Troupe sings of times from long ago

YOUNGSTOWN — Insofar as time spent with a longtime area performance troupe, you could say that Chris Eash and Dean Wennerstrom serve as musical bookends. “I’ve been singing six times this week and weekend,” Eash, of Boardman, said. Eash, who is one of the newest members of the ...

Holiday festivities fill landmarks

NILES — The reasons this holiday season might prove a bit more jubilant for Adrianne Medve and her brother, Christopher Medve, resemble red-and-white uppercase “J’s.” “They’ve found 67 of them so far,” the siblings’ father, Tom Medve, said. He was referring to the number of ...

Canfield pauses another levy try

CANFIELD — The Board of Education took action at last week’s board meeting to officially join the lawsuit over school vouchers and decided to hold off on another levy attempt until November 2025 at the earliest. The board did agree to have Superintendent Joe Knoll make an application to ...