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History of soda fountains bubbles up in Niles

NILES — The owners of Kast Iron Soda Works traveled from Salem on Thursday to give a “History of Soda Fountains” presentation at the McKinley Birthplace Home. Kast Iron is an old-school style soda bar partnered with America250-Ohio as an official nonalcoholic beverage provider. Lesley ...

Outing to present latest leadership class

Staff report The community is invited to join Leadership Mahoning Valley in welcoming the Class of 2027 at the Leadership Mahoning Valley Kick-Off Breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at The Grand Resort, Howland. Selected from a record number of applicants, the newest class represents a diverse group of emerging and established leaders from businesses, nonprofits, government, education, healthcare and other sectors throughout the Mahoning Valley. “We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding group of leaders to Leadership Mahoning Valley,” said JoAnn Stock, the ...

AWL hosts pet yoga to help with adoptions

VIENNA — Officials at the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County are always looking at ways to get their shelter dogs and cats adopted and have added shelter pet yoga as a way for people to exercise while also seeing the available dogs. Maggie Guy, volunteer coordinator for the Animal Welfare League, said every other month, people come to the AWL for yoga classes. “While people are doing yoga, we showcase some of our animals. People can relax as they do yoga as some of the animals awaiting adoption walk among them. The event lets the animals get familiar with people who come ...

Ways to overcome the challenges of finding a job after time in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Don Christian had never held a regular job when he left prison. A conviction at age 19 for selling drugs kept him confined through young adulthood and into his early 40s. When he got out after serving 23 years and started looking for work, “I had to start from the bottom. ...

15-year-old rescued from capsized boat in Alaska’s Bering Sea

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bobbing for days atop a capsized skiff in Alaska’s frigid Bering Sea, a 15-year-old boy held on until he was rescued by a fishing vessel this week, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The boy’s brother and a cousin died sometime after the small boat flipped, according to the rescuers. Their bodies were found after the teen was hoisted to safety near St. Lawrence Island — a remote Alaskan island that’s closer to Russia than it is to the United States. The captain of the fishing boat, The Northwest Explorer, said the boy had clung to the skiff for close to ...