Staff report Four Mahoning Valley business and community leaders were honored for their contributions to the area during the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s annual Salute to Business breakfast Thursday at Eastwood Event Centre in Niles. “Salute to Business gives us an opportunity ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s all in the name. Bobble. Head. It’s what the tiny collectible figurines with the spring-laden oversize heads are known for: Give them a tap and watch their tops go, gyrating up and down or side to side. And any head can bobble - entertainers, athletes, politicians, animals, fictional characters, even your own if you get one personalized. Kitschy, kind of funny, kind of clever, ubiquitous as giveaways at places like baseball games, who doesn’t love a bobblehead? America most definitely does. “I think they’re the ultimate Americana, sort of ...
The Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley celebrated local educators Aug. 12 with a special Teacher Appreciation Night at the Dessert Bar at Gorant Chocolates in Boardman. The evening gave teachers an opportunity to relax, connect and be recognized for the important work they do for students ...
Staff report BAZETTA — A Cortland woman was killed early Friday when her motorcycle struck two horses while she was driving on state Route 46. Heather M. Robinson, 42, was traveling south on Route 46 near Cadwallader Sonk Road around 4:20 a.m. on a 2006 Suzuki GXR 1000 when two horses entered the road. Robinson struck one of the horses, causing her motorcycle to travel off the right side of the road and into a ditch, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Warren post. Robinson sustained fatal injuries. Both horses were returned to their enclosure, one with minor ...
LOOP Youngstown is planning a second Day in the LOOP, a public art project capturing a day in the life of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. This year’s event is scheduled on Sept. 25, and those living in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania are invited to document their surroundings that day through photography, video, writing or any other art form. It’s about a month earlier than last year’s “day.” Karen Schuber, LOOP’s interim director, said the long-term goal is to change the timing annually so that the ...
Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections kicked off Friday amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice and mounting concern over Postal Service changes that some state officials blame for a rise in rejected ballots. The ...
