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President Trump will visit Covelli Centre for rally

YOUNGSTOWN — President Donald Trump is returning to the city. Trump will visit Youngstown for a midterm rally on Monday, oct. 12 at the Covelli Centre. The announcement of the rally was released today by the Republican National Committee. This will be Trump's second rally in Ohio in just ...

Scandal rocked Packard family in 1894

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. Charles Franklin Packard was born into one of Trumbull County’s most prominent families in 1867. Charlie’s father, Benjamin Franklin Packard, was a partner in his brother Warren’s prosperous lumber company. Charlie’s maternal grandfather, Uriel Holmes Hutchins, a Vienna native, was a well-respected attorney, and his great-uncle, John Hutchins, served as Warren’s mayor before being elected to Congress in 1858. Charlie was just a few years younger ...

Remains of medieval king Czar Samuel arrive in Bulgaria after decades of talks with Greece

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday, after decades of negotiations with neighboring Greece. Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014. He is considered a symbol of Bulgaria’s national identity. The remains, discovered at a Greek border area 60 years ago, were flown to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, aboard a military aircraft that was escorted by Bulgarian air force fighter jets from the ...

Pink Out grows into community celebration

AUSTINTOWN — What started with a conversation between two women and an idea to bring people affected by cancer together has grown into a communitywide celebration filling Austintown Township Park with music, food, vendors and, most importantly, people supporting one another. Now in its ...

YHA Nurses Alumni group disbands after 50-plus years

CANFIELD — Jeannie Bryner may not have a background in science, but she knows that if a milk bottle is placed near a mountain during a blizzard, gravity will allow only a few snowflakes to strike the object. “People just don’t understand how important history is,” Bryner, of Newton ...

Trump touts data centers at Ohio rally

VANDALIA, Ohio —- President Donald Trump defended data centers that power artificial intelligence projects but have become a contentious campaign issue nationwide, as he took his midterm tour to Ohio this weekend to insist his party will keep its majorities in Congress despite steep ...