Tuesday Jul 1 | WYTV Youngstown
Squabbling Over Oakhill Continues
For those who've been opposed to the county's takeover of Oakhill Renaissance Place, it's a chance to say "I told you so." Last week, commissioners agreed to pay off a loan from the Ohio Department of ...
Problems arise at township meeting
The St. Clair township meeting had several area residents in attendance asking the three trustees for assistance in dealing with problems on or near their properties.
Linn School an Amazing Treasure
Spend the summer learning about the history of your community. Marion's Amazing Treasures III is a summer promotion brought to the community by the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the area ...
Police Find Gruesome Scene On Youngstown's East Side
The sound of gunfire had Youngstown Police investigating a home on the city's east side.
Shakespeare in grade school: Not good enough
In Valentina Irons' classroom, tiny children at tiny desks sound out words from McGuffey Readers that could have been printed in 1836.
Eight departments battle blaze; building destroyed5/27/2008
A downtown building, which most recently housed a ceramics business, was gutted by fire early Monday and had to be demolished.
Bicentennial Letter: Remembering Mansfield's 50th anniversary
Dear Mansfield, While you are celebrating our 200th anniversary, I can remember celebrating our 50th anniversary by becoming a city. via News Journal
Generation Tea is planned at McGuffey Centre
The National Council of Negro Women, Youngstown Section, will host its Generation Tea at 2 p.m. Saturday at the McGuffey Centre, at 1649 Jacobs Road. via Vindy.com
Heroin expanding to rural areas
“We're seeing a couple of trends in Ohio. One of them is heroin and we're seeing it among 18- to 24-year-old middle- to upper-class white kids. They start off snorting it, then injecting it and they're using black tar or brown heroin”
Though regional usage remains low, the drug's statewide resurgence is reflected in the recent overdose deaths of teenagers from Lakeview and McGuffey. via The Daily Herald
Mobile home fire kills family of 5 in Ada, Ohio
“We have grief counselors on site to help the students in those classrooms and all the classrooms”
Faulty wiring may be to blame Ada-Liberty Township Fire Chief Jay Epley said firefighters arrived to find 20-foot-high flames shooting from the laundry room of the home rented by the Farkasdi family. via Toledo Blade
Legend Elementary second-grade students will take the In-View and TerraNova tests April 1-14. The third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders will take the Ohio Achievement Tests from April 21 through May 1. ... via The Advocate
Drugs cause area teens' deaths
“We're seeing this on a statewide level.”
From WDN staff reports Two Waynesfield teens reportedly died from a drug overdose composed primarily of heroin, but law enforcement officials are seeking additional tests to see if impurities in the heroin may ... via Wapakoneta Daily News
Coroner: Auglaize Co. Teens Died Of Drug Overdose
On Wednesday, authorities released what killed two teenagers who were found inside an Auglaize County apartment. via WHIOTV
Coroner: Waynesfield teens died of heroin overdosePosted 28 minutes ago.
“There was no appearance of foul play or a struggle”
Two more names were added this week to a growing death toll. The culprit? A silent and all-too familiar killer known as "heroin." Police say the recent rash of heroin overdoses in Auglaize, Hardin and Logan ... via Lima News
Goal of arts program is to motivate children
The Youngstown Alumnae Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. will host the 2008 Children's Cluster on Saturday at Bliss Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University in an effort to motivate children ... via Vindy.com
Weather, paper ballots delay Hardin resultsPosted 44 minutes ago.
“Before, they were able to count them at the precincts. Now, they have to count them at one central point, at the board of elections. It's going to be after 12 o'clock before we have any idea of where it stands.”
Problems caused by severe winter weather, coupled with a change in policy because the state switched back to paper ballots, forced community leaders in Hardin County to wait for several hours late Tuesday ... via Lima News
St. Clair Township's Columbia Drive project advances
“We are really ready to go with this”
The Columbiana County Board of Commissioners took action Wednesday for a road project which could open up 140 acres to development in the Calcutta area. via The Review
Deaths may be drug relatedPosted 1 hours, 42 minutes ago.
“No appearance of foul play of a struggle. No signs of force, nothing on the bodies to indicate any signs of a struggle or force”
The bodies of two teenagers were found Saturday in an apartment and their deaths may be drug-related, the sheriff said Monday. via Lima News
2 Teens Found Dead Inside Auglaize Co. Apartment
Deputies in Auglaize County are investigating the deaths of two people who were found early Saturday morning. via WHIOTV
Eastwood Village, 1096 Eastway Drive, will host a free Valentine's Day party from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday with the Associated Neighborhood Centers/McGuffey Centre at the village. via Vindy.com
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