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Antique store’s Christmas Open House benefits Animal Charity
It was the most wonderful time of year this evening in Boardman.
Former Sharon Regional employee shares heartbreak after hospital closure
It's been a week since Sharon Regional Health System closed its hospital, leaving employees without jobs just before the holidays. One employee shared that grief with First News.
Habitat for Humanity asking for public’s help after theft
Habitat for Humanity is asking for the public's help after a theft at its ReStore in Struthers.
Farrell bar closing after 80 years in business
A neighborhood bar and restaurant that's been part of the Farrell community for 80 years will permanently close its doors Friday.
Celebrity Bartending event raises money for United Way of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley
Drinks were served Thursday night at Magic Tree in Boardman, as well-known people in the Valley were making everyone's favorites -- and it all benefits the United Way of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley.
Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip pleads guilty to a lesser charge in 1997 killing
Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years incarcerated and was on the brink of execution three times for a 1997 killing, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, his attorney said Thursday. Glossip had been sentenced to death over the killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry
Trump bluntly tells JD Vance to shift focus from Iran to targeting ‘corruption and crime’ at home
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday directed Vice President JD Vance to shift his focus away from the Iran war and instead devote himself to fighting what the president says is corruption and crime in Democratic-controlled cities and states. Vance, who served as the lead negotiator for a short-lived truce in the eight-month
Youngstown CityScape awards 20 people, organizations in Beautification Awards
Youngstown CityScape on Thursday awarded 20 people and organizations with its 20th annual Beautification Awards. The ceremony was held in the Wick Park Pavilion.
Darth Vader’s light saber used in ‘I am your father’ duel sells for nearly $5 million
A light saber used by Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” movies “The Empire Strikes Back” and ”Return of the Jedi" sold Thursday for nearly $5 million in an auction. The light saber, which was used in the climactic duel in Cloud City where Vader tells Luke Skywalker “I am your father,” sold for $4.875
Texas man convicted in beheading of 3 children is put to death, hours after an Oklahoma execution
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing and beheading three young children in a squalid, windowless apartment in 2003 was executed Thursday evening, hours after Oklahoma put another man to death. John Allen Rubio, 46, was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. after a lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville.