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Valley gets election ready with voter registration drive

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The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation partnered with the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown to host a voter registration drive Tuesday at the Jewish Community Center as part of National Voter Registration Day. The four-hour event gave community members an opportunity to register to vote, verify their registration status, obtain absentee ballot request forms and locate their polling places. Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day was created to focus national attention on helping eligible Americans register and participate in ...

Dana music school drive opens on a high note

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CANFIELD — A major fundraising campaign launched on behalf of Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music has every intention of rising higher on the treble clef. “This means the world to me,” Joseph Carucci, Dana’s director, said. “The Dana School of Music is embedded in our community.” Also embedded is the Crescendo campaign to raise funds to fulfill the mission of preserving the school of music’s history and attracting more students, which was celebrated during a special gala Monday evening at the Firefly Farm, 4950 S. Raccoon Road. Adding a major infusion ...

Commission expected to vote on annexation

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WARREN – Trumbull County Commissioners are expected to vote today on an annexation petition of 61.65 acres of land in Howland and Weathersfield townships to Niles that is owned by JRD Holdings Inc. that is expected to be used for a housing development. Jason Altobelli, a managing partner of JRD Holdings, noted getting the petition passed is one step needed to be able to do any future development on the land. “We are here to give the commissioners the annexation petition that has been agreed upon by the various townships and cities,” Altobelli said after the completion of the ...

Company officials address proposed data center for McDonald

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McDONALD — Officials with Oppidan said a proposed data center possibly to be located at the former McDonald Steel property will mean 250 full-time jobs and $7.3 million in property taxes for the village, but residents are concerned with emissions, noise and environmental issues if such a facility is built. While a handful of people held “No Data Center” signs outside the McDonald High School gymnasium, more than 190 gathered inside to hear from Oppidan officials. Drew Johnson, senior vice president of development for Oppidan, of Minnesota, which also builds senior housing, said ...

Warren man gets prison term for giving fatal drug to girl, 17

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WARREN — Kelli Noble of West Farmington, whose 17-year-old daughter, Samantha, died from drugs Nysier Coleman, 21, of Warren gave her, said her daughter “had a heart of gold and always wanted to help people.” She told Judge Sarah Kovoor in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Tuesday her daughter “tried to see the best in people, and people took advantage of that. She would always give people second chances, and I know in my heart she would want us to forgive you. We just aren’t there yet.” She expressed the sadness she feels by speaking some of the words she and her daughter ...

Nick Reiner avoids death penalty over his parents’ killings

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner’s son will not face the death penalty on charges he fatally stabbed his parents after lying in wait at their home in Los Angeles late last year, prosecutors said Tuesday. If convicted, the maximum sentence 33-year-old Nick Reiner could get is life without the possibility of parole, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said at a news conference. Before reaching its decision, Hochman said his office did a thorough review, including speaking to Rob and Michele Singer Reiner’s families and evaluating mitigating factors ...