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Black History Month events set in Valley

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February is Black History Month, and events and programs are being scheduled throughout the Mahoning Valley. • Thursday — Dr. Lindsey Stewart will discuss her book “The Conjuring of American Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic” at 2 p.m. The talk will be ...

Man indicted in Niles hotel standoff

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WARREN — A Warren man accused of a standoff with police outside a Niles hotel in December was among 37 people indicted, including three secretly, by a Trumbull County grand jury last week. Mickel J. Hall, 63, Clermont Avenue NE, was indicted on two counts of felonious assault with a ...

Predator up for parole

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WARREN — On Wednesday, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, several of his staff and two of Paul Czoka’s victims will travel to Columbus to oppose his bid for freedom before the state parole board. Czoka, now 78, was sentenced July 24, 1992, by former Trumbull County Common Pleas ...

Getting a hands-on experience

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CHAMPION — Fifth grade students from Champion Central Elementary School are learning to solve challenges through science, technology, engineering and math activities as part of a two-week after-school program. Science teachers Rebecca Baxter and David Murduck meet with fifth graders and ...

Study: Wealthy ramp up spending while other Americans tread water

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher-income Americans and those with college degrees have ramped up their spending more quickly in the past three years than other consumers, according to new data released Tuesday, evidence of worsening inequality that may explain some of the growing pessimism about the ...

Here’s when you’ll get your tax refund

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tax filing season is underway, and the IRS expects 164 million people will file returns by April 15. The average refund last year was $3,167. This year, analysts have projected it could be $1,000 higher, thanks to changes in tax law. More than 165 million individual income ...