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City OKs paying $70,000 to settle lawsuit

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YOUNGSTOWN — City officials agreed to a $70,000 settlement with a Florida company it hired to process credit and debit card transactions for the water department, but stopped being used when the city found a different vendor charging lesser fees. Wonderware Inc., doing business as ...

Document offers explanation behind Struthers boy’s killing

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YOUNGSTOWN — A recently released document offers the closest thing to an explanation for the senseless 2020 murder of 4-year-old Rowan Sweeney that anyone yet has offered. A document called a “proffer” in the criminal case of Kimonie Bryant, 28, suggests that Bryant and co-defendant ...

Inspection reveals new issues at city hall

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YOUNGSTOWN — Even though the fire escape replacement project at Youngstown City Hall finished in September, the city remains unable to pass a fire department inspection for other concerns. A Wednesday inspection pointed out a few issues with the interior and exterior of city hall that ...

Man, 83, charged in Austintown robbery

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AUSTINTOWN — An elderly man is in jail after being accused of robbing a township bank this week. According to an Austintown police report, Forrest B. Lytell, of Idaho Road, less than a week after his 83rd birthday, walked into the PNC Bank on Mahoning Avenue on Wednesday, waited in line ...

Historical Society of McDonald envisions a future of growth

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McDONALD — A group of village residents is working to revamp the Historical Society of McDonald and help it become more active in the community. Members have received numerous memorabilia items that are housed in a room at McDonald High School, and Virginia Evans and John Saganich are ...