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Tradition marches on in Niles

NILES — It was a homecoming in more ways than one at Bo Rein Stadium on Friday night. It was the annual homecoming football game in which the Red Dragons took on Shaw High School. However, it also was a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Niles McKinley High School marching band ...

Warren updates ward map

WARREN — Longtime Warren City Councilwoman Helen Rucker said council members are happy with the redrawn lines marking the boundaries of the city’s seven wards. The new map was approved at the Sept. 9 council meeting. “Long story short, ward councilmen came to the consensus that they ...

Trump rejects Iran plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Iran offered this week to reopen the strait and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ...

Guardians clinch 3rd straight AL Central title with win, White Sox loss

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six games back of the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox in mid-August, the Cleveland Guardians threw everything they had at chasing down their division foes. Lucky them, the AL Central crown comes with a little break before their postseason begins. “We’ll get ...

Hubbard’s Mark Boals joins Rock Godz in hall of fame

It’s official. Hubbard native Mark Boals is a Rock God. The 1977 Hubbard High School graduate, who has been played with Yngwie Malmsteen, Savoy Brown, Ted Nugent and dozens of other acts in a professional career spanning nearly 50 years, will be inducted into the Rock Godz Hall of Fame in Las Vegas at a Nov. 7 ceremony. Before that, he’ll perform Oct. 3 at the Robins Theatre in Warren as part of the Baldassarre Orchestra. Boals got the call about his selection over the summer. “I was flattered, of course, and surprised,” he said. “I haven’t gotten any of those ...

Journalists celebrated, inducted

YOUNGSTOWN — Thousands of Youngstown State University students knew her as a kind, passionate and compassionate journalism instructor and adviser, but Tom Martindale remembered her more simply. “The woman I knew, I knew as Mom, and she was the finest person I have ever known,” ...