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Mercy Health’s new rehab hospital opens new era in health care in Valley

LIBERTY — A promise to provide specialized, intensive care to people in the Mahoning Valley who need it to regain functionality after a major injury or surgery has been fulfilled. That’s because the new Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital on Belmont Avenue will begin to see patients ...

Eminent domain for bike trail denied

YOUNGSTOWN — Judge Anthony D’Apolito and his magistrate have dismissed the eight lawsuits the Mill Creek MetroParks filed five years ago to acquire private land to build the final phase of its Bikeway in southern Mahoning County. The ruling in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court says ...

HOMETOWN PROFILE: Priest aims for heavens in church, airplane careers

YOUNGSTOWN — Very seldom in our lifetime do we get to meet someone on a mission and a daily grind to save souls and save lives at the same time. Father Bosko Stojanovic, 43, was ordained a Serbian Orthodox priest in 2010 and is the parish priest at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in ...

Canfield addresses third failed bond levy

CANFIELD — Following the rejected 3.7-mill bond levy from Election Day, board members of Canfield Local Schools have expressed their initial thoughts and are starting to identify what comes next. During the Wednesday board of education meeting, Nader Atway, board president, kicked off the ...

Young mom promoted to YPD detective sergeant

YOUNGSTOWN — The swearing-in ceremony for the Youngstown Police Department’s newest detective sergeant took on a family feel Thursday as Hannah Short took the oath of office in front of her fellow officer husband, parents and two small children. She thanked crowd in the overflowing ...

Alleged rape victim recants her testimony

YOUNGSTOWN — One of the witnesses in the Leonard L. Sykes rape trial Thursday, the alleged victim in the case, recanted her earlier allegations that Sykes engaged in sexual conduct with her. Under questioning by Caitlyn Andrews, assistant county prosecutor, the girl agreed that she told ...