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Youngstown men secretly indicted on sex charges

YOUNGSTOWN — Three Youngstown men were secretly indicted on various sex charges Dec. 19, and all three were arraigned Dec. 31 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. In a secret indictment, the name of the defendant is not released to the public until after the defendant has been arrested. ...

Canfield JETS robotics team gets big cash infusion

CANFIELD — The high school JETS robotics team received a large infusion of cash at the Wednesday Board of Education meeting when Canfield residents Kathy and John Phillips donated $25,000. “We recently moved to Canfield,” said Kathy Phillips, co-owner of Turning Point Residential Inc. ...

McDonald names interim treasurer

Staff report McDONALD — The McDonald Board of Education on Wednesday named its former treasurer Megan Titus as interim treasurer as they continue their search for a new treasurer. Titus will be paid $50 per hour as an interim treasurer. Superintendent Kevin O’Connell said Titus will ...

YMHA, TMHA get federal funding

Staff report The Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority received $302,064 in federal funds while the Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority got $60,060 to help pay the salaries of employers who assist participating families with training and services to improve their economic ...

Canfield to host town hall on MSC chemical leak

CANFIELD — City officials, along with the Canfield Board of Education, have set a town hall meeting to discuss a chemical leak discovered last year. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Canfield High School. The leak at Material Sciences Corporation, on West Main Street, was ...

Man sleeping in hotel stairwell arrested

LIBERTY — A Reynoldsburg man found sleeping in a hotel stairwell pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday morning after being arrested on a drug-related charge Tuesday. Andre Lofton, 55, was charged with obstructing official business and drug paraphernalia. According to the police ...