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Puppy scammer gets probation, jail, must pay restitution

YOUNGSTOWN — Some of the 80 people who lost money and never got puppies or puppy breeding products they paid for said Thursday the sham puppy operation April Waidman operated left them poorer and frustrated. Visiting Judge W. Wyatt McKay in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court sentenced ...

16-year-old pleads guilty in shooting, gets prison sentence

YOUNGSTOWN — Derrick Darrington, 16, pleaded guilty Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to aggravated robbery and felonious assault with gun specifications in a July 27 shooting in Youngstown and was sentenced to 6 to 7.5 years in prison. Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County ...

KSU Trumbull nursing students test readiness

WARREN — Senior nursing students from Kent State University at Trumbull joined Trumbull County and Warren City health officials Thursday for an immersive disaster preparedness exercise, simulating the response to a bioterrorism attack involving anthrax exposure. The Point of Distribution ...

McKinley Library presentation features Ohio’s musical greats

NILES — Historically, Ohio is known as the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll. That, among other reasons, is what landed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Al McKinnon of the McKinley Memorial Library highlighted the wide variety of musical talent from the Buckeye State during his ...

Downtown street to close for installation of WesBanco sign on tower

YOUNGSTOWN – The sidewalk and West Federal Street eastbound between Vindicator Square and Hazel Street will be closed Monday to Friday and then May 19 to May 30 for WesBanco to install its signs on the former Home Savings and Loan Co.’s downtown tower. The business needs to place a crane ...

Youngstown to hire law firm for $57 million 20 Fed project

YOUNGSTOWN – The city’s board of control today plans to enter into a contract for up to $25,000 with a Cleveland firm to provide legal services related to the potential development of 20 Federal Place, a nine-story downtown building. The board of control approved a nonbinding memorandum ...