Tue., 1:40 a.m.: Ex-President Carter to have surgery

November 12, 2019

ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a hospital on Monday evening for a surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls, his spokeswoman said. The procedure is scheduled for this morning at Emory University Hospital, Deanna Congileo said in a statement. Carter has fallen at least three times this year, and the first incident in the spring required hip replacement surgery. He traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, and helped build a Habitat for Humanity home after getting 14 stiches following a fall Oct. 6. And he was ...

Thu. 1 p.m.: UAW / GM contract lets Lordstown close

October 17, 2019

DETROIT (AP) - A tentative four year contract with striking General Motors gives workers a mix of pay raises, lump sum payments and an $11,000 signing bonus and allows the automaker to proceed with closing its assembly plant in Lordstown. Also in return, the contracts allows GM to move on factory closures in Warren, Mich., and near Baltimore. Details were posted today on the union website as factory level union officials met to decide if they'll approve the deal. No decision has been made. Workers went on strike Sept. 16, crippling the company's U.S. production and costing it an ...

Wed. 11:47 a.m.: GM and union reach tentative deal that could end strike

October 16, 2019

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a monthlong strike that brought the automaker's U.S. factories to a standstill. The deal was hammered out Wednesday but it won't immediately end the strike by more than 49,000 workers. They're likely to stay on the picket lines at least a few more days until union committees vote on the deal. The entire membership also must vote. Details of the four-year agreement have yet to be released. Workers left their jobs early Sept. 16. They wanted a bigger share of GM's ...

Sun. 6:18 p.m.: Trump, Carson cancel visit

August 4, 2019

WARREN - Ivanka Trump and Ben Carson are not coming Monday to Youngstown. The advisor and daughter of President Donald Trump and the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development canceled the trip because of the mass shooting Sunday in Dayton. The tour was expected to stop at City Machine Technologies Inc. on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Youngstown, the Youngstown Business Incubator and Stambaugh Auditorium. A roundtable discussion at the auditorium was to focus on workforce development and opportunity zones.

Thu. 8:39 a.m.: Pedestrian hit, killed by train in Newton Township

May 9, 2019

NEWTON TOWNSHIP — A pedestrian was hit and killed by a train late Wednesday on railroad tracks off Newton Falls Bailey Road behind the township building, according to police reports. The CSX's train's engineer called emergency crews about 11 p.m., according to the Trumbull County 911 Center. The coroner arrived at the scene about 2:30 a.m. today, reports state. The woman's identity has not yet been released, nor have emergency workers said why she was walking along the tracks last night. Investigators are finishing up their work at the scene of the accident at this hour and have not ...

Wed. 11:54 a.m.: Trump: GM Lordstown plant will build trucks

May 8, 2019

LORDSTOWN — General Motors is selling its Lordstown assembly plant to Workhouse to build electric trucks, President Donald Trump just tweeted. The deal is pending union agreement, according to the president. Trump added that GM will invest $700 million in three locations that will create 450 more jobs in Ohio. “I have been working nicely with GM to get this done,” Trump tweeted. The Lordstown facility was ilded by GM in March. It is among the automaker plans to close as it shifts production toward trucks and SUVs and electric and autonomous vehicles.