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Girard brings back teacher who was laid off

Latest News July 3, 2026

GIRARD — The Girard City Schools Board of Education this week approved bringing back an intervention specialist whose job was among three positions that the board cut at its May meeting. The board on Tuesday rescinded its previous motion from May and approved Maria Jarvis as an intervention specialist for the 2026-27 school year. The board also approved transferring Grace Swertfager from intervention specialist to ED/MD intervention specialist for the upcoming school year. In May, board members, citing financial issues facing the district, voted 3-2 to cut three teaching ...

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‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’

Business July 3, 2026

This year’s class of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” includes Citi CEO Jane Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza, and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst. The newly renamed Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced the honorees Tuesday as immigration ...

Downtown Youngstown events postponed

Latest News July 2, 2026

YOUNGSTOWN — Two downtown events scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of expected poor weather conditions. The America 250 First Fridays, which was to take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday along North Phelps Street and West Federal Street, was postponed because of expected extreme heat. It has been rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 7. Also, the Ignite the Night: Youngstown's America 250 Celebration, which was to begin at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, has been postponed because of expected thunderstorms. The free community event, which will ...

Downtown Youngstown events postponed

Actor and activist Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer’s disease

National News July 2, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease. The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today” and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive, memory-destroying disease three years ago. “I’m still not accepting in my mind all parts of it,” he told People magazine. “There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I’ll ...