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YSU Earns Spot on AVCA Academic Award List
For the 11th straight season, the Youngstown State volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. The Penguins were among more than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs that maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale) and earned the award for excellence in the classroom.
Chief says Lowellville festival will be safe and fun
LOWELLVILLE, Ohio (WKBN) – It’s festival week in Lowellville. The 129th Mount Carmel Festival officially kicks off Wednesday night for four days of fun. Lowellville’s Police Chief Rick Alli says he expects this to be one of the biggest and most successful festivals they’ve had in years.
Alliance attorney helping renovate Cantell Elks ballroom
ALLIANCE − Cantell Elks Lodge 1417 has been serving the Alliance area for nearly 70 years. Most of that time, it has been at the corner of Ash and South Webb streets, across from the Amtrak train station. The gathering place also neighbors the Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct near the city's downtown...
'Who's Who in Black Cleveland' | 2024's edition will focus on politics, government
CLEVELAND — Dozens of Cleveland’s most prominent Black figures will soon gather to unveil a noteworthy book that has been in progress for nearly three months, highlighting their unique contributions and impact. The annual "Who’s Who in Black Cleveland" will return Monday, July 22, at the Intercontinental Hotel...
Chillicothe Schools to offer free breakfast and lunch
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – The Chillicothe City School District announced Wednesday that all enrolled students will receive free breakfast and lunch during the upcoming school year. The district will implement the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of its participation in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Under...
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb hosts community town hall
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and senior members of his administration hosted a community town hall Wednesday evening on the city's west side, with residents given the opportunity to personally ask him questions about his administration. The event took place at the Gunning Neighborhood Resource and Recreation Center...
North Olmsted thrift store moratorium targets folks ‘popping some tags’
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- Director of Economic and Community Development Max Upton has been hearing the Macklemore jokes. They started just as it was announced that North Olmsted was extending its 45-day moratorium related to any business operating as a thrift store. If you purchase a product or register for...
Breathing Room in Stark Commissioners ‘Ban’ on Solar Arrays
FILE – This July 26, 2019, file photo shows an array of solar panels glisten in the sun outside Cannon Ball, N.D., located on the north side of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. At the peak of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017, when speakers needed help to be heard by the hundreds of demonstrators who had gathered near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, they grabbed a microphone powered by a mobile solar unit. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)
Akron City Council reopens Ring doorbell camera application for some residents
Akron residents in Wards 1, 3 and 5 have another chance at scoring a free Ring doorbell camera from the city. From 8 a.m. July 24 to 4 p.m. July 25, residents in Wards 1, 3 and 5 who have not previously received a doorbell camera can apply for their free camera via the online application at akroncitycouncil.org/news/RingWards135.
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