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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- A pit bull has a Youngstown police officer to thank for saving it from a precarious position Monday night. The officer heard the animal barking on top of the roof of an abandoned building on Teamster Drive while he was gassing up his patrol car.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- A Youngstown woman is in custody after allegedly killing her boyfriend by running him over with her car. Kimberly Mack, 46, is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide for allegedly killing James Jackson, 64, outside a house on West Evergreen at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- A Youngstown police officer reported a break-in on his own car over the weekend. Officer Barry Ervin said someone went through his personal car while it was parked, unlocked, in his driveway.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is coming to Ohio with a different kind of solo show, spotlighting his paintings and other art.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- Anxiety over what to wear to prom can be a sticky situation, but for one Youngstown couple, it also proved to be profitable.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- A plan to move the Youngstown city school system out of academic emergency has been approved by the state board of education.
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By MATT MARKEY BLADE SPORTS WRITER Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel travels to a lot of places to find talented players, and to meet quality people who are interested in supporting the Buckeyes. Those endeavors keep bringing him back to northwest Ohio. Tressel, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, and their wives were in [...]

YOUNGSTOWN (Ohio) – ROLLING Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is coming to the US with a different kind of solo show, spotlighting his paintings and other art. The Butler Institute of American Art told The Vindicator newspaper that the exhibition opening is the first for Wood at a major American museum.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- Officials from Youngstown and Warren will provide an update on the progress of a crime crackdown that began earlier this month.
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The state has approved a plan to turn around the Youngstown city school system — the first such plan anywhere in Ohio. The school system is in academic emergency, the state’s equivalent of an F as measured by test scores, attendance and graduation rates. The state Department of Education stepped in and formed the Youngstown [...]