Teachers in the Lumen Christi school system are waiting to learn if they will return to their classrooms in the fall.This is the first year six valley schools are united under the Lumen Christi Catholic School System, which began as plan to streamline resources and grow the schools. It consists of St. Patrick, St. Nicholas, St. Joseph and Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Christine, St. Charles and St. Luke. Both Holy Family and St. Christine also offer early childhood programs t...More >>
Teachers in the Lumen Christi school system are waiting to learn if they will return to their classrooms in the fall.This is the first year six valley schools are united under the Lumen Christi Catholic School System, which began as plan to streamline resources and grow the schools. It consists of St. Patrick, St. Nicholas, St. Joseph and Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Christine, St. Charles and St. Luke. Both Holy Family and St. Christine also offer early childhood programs t...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:21 PM EDT2014-04-23 03:21:39 GMT
Gregory Oakes
A former Trumbull County special deputyhas been booked into the Mahoning County jail for allegedly running a private security business without a valid license.Eight misdemeanor counts were filed in Youngstown Municipal Court on on Tuesday against 51-year-old Gregory Oakes of Warren.Oakes pleaded not guilty to three similar charges filed in Warren Municipal Court on Tuesday.Earlier this month, Oakes pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of forgery and tampering with records following his indi...More >>
A former Trumbull County special deputyhas been booked into the Mahoning County jail for allegedly running a private security business without a valid license.Eight misdemeanor counts were filed in Youngstown Municipal Court on on Tuesday against 51-year-old Gregory Oakes of Warren.Oakes pleaded not guilty to three similar charges filed in Warren Municipal Court on Tuesday.Earlier this month, Oakes pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of forgery and tampering with records following his indi...More >>
The University of Akron has narrowed the field of candidates for president to three names, including former Ohio State and Youngstown State football coach Jim Tressel, who is also one of 38 people who have applied for the vacancy of YSU president.U of A Trustees issued a statement on Tuesday naming the three finalists, who up until now were on a list of fifteen candidates for the Akron job.The finalists are:Ronald A. Nykiel, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Universi...More >>
The University of Akron has narrowed the field of candidates for president to three names, including former Ohio State and Youngstown State football coach Jim Tressel, who is also one of 38 people who have applied for the vacancy of YSU president.U of A Trustees issued a statement on Tuesday naming the three finalists, who up until now were on a list of fifteen candidates for the Akron job.The finalists are:Ronald A. Nykiel, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Universi...More >>
A Warren pizza shop is once again the target of a crime.An employee of the Litte Caesar's at 2525 Youngstown road SE, tells police that she was on duty during arobbery Monday night.She says that a man dressed in dark clothing came in, pulled a silver handgun, and demanded money just before 11:00 p.m.The suspect fled on foot with about $200 cash.Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.Employees were shaken up, but no one was harmed.The same business was the target of a...More >>
A Warren pizza shop is once again the target of a crime.An employee of the Litte Caesar's at 2525 Youngstown road SE, tells police that she was on duty during arobbery Monday night.She says that a man dressed in dark clothing came in, pulled a silver handgun, and demanded money just before 11:00 p.m.The suspect fled on foot with about $200 cash.Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.Employees were shaken up, but no one was harmed.The same business was the target of a...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 10:14 PM EDT2014-04-23 02:14:55 GMT
A federal grand jury has handed up a four count indictment against a Columbiana County man accusing him of violating firearms regulations.Brent See is charged with making, dealing and possessing unregistered and unlicensed silencers.According to documents filed in U.S. district court in Youngstown, agents from the U.S. Postal Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched See's Signal Road home in January.According to an affidavit, the investigating ATF agent say...More >>
A federal grand jury has handed up a four count indictment against a Columbiana County man accusing him of violating firearms regulations.Brent See is charged with making, dealing and possessing unregistered and unlicensed silencers.According to documents filed in U.S. district court in Youngstown, agents from the U.S. Postal Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched See's Signal Road home in January.According to an affidavit, the investigating ATF agent say...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 10:03 PM EDT2014-04-23 02:03:02 GMT
The Niles man charged with beating a 65-year-old woman during a home invasion is sentenced has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Logan handed down the sentence on Tuesday to 19-year-old Anthony Howe, who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with robbery, kidnapping, assault and burglary.Police say that Howe forced his way into a North Butler Street home in Niles on December30 and pistol whipped his victim when she pulled out a gun. Ho...More >>
The Niles man charged with beating a 65-year-old woman during a home invasion is sentenced has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Logan handed down the sentence on Tuesday to 19-year-old Anthony Howe, who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with robbery, kidnapping, assault and burglary.Police say that Howe forced his way into a North Butler Street home in Niles on December30 and pistol whipped his victim when she pulled out a gun. Ho...More >>
The ribbon was cut on the Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary observation platform on Earth Day.More >>
The ribbon was cut on the Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary observation platform on Earth Day. More >>
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor, Ed Fitzgerald is criticizing the state budget saying increasing sales taxes will hit small businesses and working people the most.
Fitzgerald who is currently the Executive for Cuyahoga the largest county in Ohio stopped by W-F-M-J to talk about his vision for Ohio. The former Mayor and City Councilman of Lakewood tells us he has plenty of experience balancing budgets without raising taxes. He says the two year budget Governor John Kasich is expected to sign is NOT a real tax reduction for most families, but shifting taxes so the wealthiest in Ohio get a tax break of about 6-thousand dollars.
Fitzgerald says it's kind of like taking money out of one persons pocket and putting part of it in another pocket. The bottom line is most people in Ohio will see nothing or their taxes will end up going up. He says any advantage will be very very minimal adding what they're paying for is tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent in the state.
The father of four says in both two year budgets Kasich has taken money from local communities to put in the state budget. He says as a result the state's budget is the biggest in history, while local budgets have been hit the hardest with teachers, firefighters, and police officers being laid off. Fitzgerald was also an F-B-I Agent in Chicago, Illinois for 3 years.
Memorable Meals will highlight the Valley's delicious ethnic food traditions and heritages; celebrate family meals from the garden and special foods of restaurants old and new; and connect the current local More >>
Memorable Meals will highlight the Valley's delicious ethnic food traditions and heritages; celebrate family meals from the garden and special foods of restaurants old and new; and connect the current local food trend with the Valley's deep agricultural roots.More >>
iver Rock at the Amp classic rock concerts take the stage rain or shine at the Warren Community Amphitheatre. The Amp is located in picturesque downtown Warren, Ohio. More >>
iver Rock at the Amp classic rock concerts take the stage rain or shine at the Warren Community Amphitheatre. The Amp is located in picturesque downtown Warren, Ohio, along Millionaires’ Row and adjacent to historic Courthouse Park overlooking the Mahoning River. The Amp is owned and maintained by the city of WarrenMore >>
Tuesday, April 15 2014 2:04 PM EDT2014-04-15 18:04:57 GMT
NILES, Ohio – The Mahoning Valley Scrappers and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra are excited to host one of the Valley's premiere summer events, POPS at the Ballpark,More >>
NILES, Ohio – The Mahoning Valley Scrappers and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra are excited to host one of the Valley's premiere summer events, POPS at the Ballpark, presented by Stanley E. Shearer with Northwestern Mutual and 21 WFMJ on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Eastwood Field.More >>
In this installment of Take 5 with the Regional Chamber, we'll give you a glimpse at how the March of Dimes is working to help the Valley's premature infants live full, healthy lives.More >>
In this installment of Take 5 with the Regional Chamber, we'll give you a glimpse at how the March of Dimes is working to help the Valley's premature infants live full, healthy lives.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 03:44:25 GMT
Surveillance cameras at San Jose International Airport successfully captured the teenager on the tarmac, climbing up the landing gear of a jet. But in the end, the cameras failed because no one noticed the security...More >>
A 15-year-old stowaway who survived a flight over the Pacific in a jet's wheel well spent seven hours undetected in what is supposed to be a highly secure area of San Jose International Airport before the flight...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 12:59 PM EDT2014-04-22 16:59:11 GMT
(AP) - A high school student is standing trial in northeast Ohio for allegedly raping a classmate in the locker room. Prosecutors argued during the first day of the trial in Cuyahoga (KY-uh-HOH'-guh) County Monday that the boy, then 16, carried the girl into the locker room at Shaker Heights High School and raped her. An attorney for the now 17-year-old boy - who is charged with rape and kidnapping - argued that the two had consensual sex. The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports tha...More >>
(AP) - A high school student is standing trial in northeast Ohio for allegedly raping a classmate in the locker room. Prosecutors argued during the first day of the trial in Cuyahoga (KY-uh-HOH'-guh) County Monday that the boy, then 16, carried the girl into the locker room at Shaker Heights High School and raped her. An attorney for the now 17-year-old boy - who is charged with rape and kidnapping - argued that the two had consensual sex. The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports tha...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 6:24 AM EDT2014-04-22 10:24:15 GMT
American Meb Keflezighi has won the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured.More >>
A year ago, an injured Meb Keflezighi watched the Boston Marathon from the stands at the finish line on Boylston Street, leaving five minutes before the bombs went off.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 11:33 PM EDT2014-04-22 03:33:53 GMT
Officials say a 16-year-old boy is "lucky to be alive" and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane's wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen.More >>
A 15-year-old boy found his way onto an airport's tarmac and climbed into a jetliner's wheel well, then flew for five freezing hours to Hawaii - a misadventure that forced authorities to take a hard look at the...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 8:03 PM EDT2014-04-22 00:03:01 GMT
The federal health care overhaul is providing coverage for millions of Americans, but it has only chipped away at one of its core goals: to sharply reduce the number of people without insurance.More >>
Swan Lockett had high hopes that President Barack Obama's health overhaul would lead her family to an affordable insurance plan, but that hasn't happened.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 7:25 PM EDT2014-04-21 23:25:03 GMT
For years, state and local officials have conducted a "tabletop exercise" before the Boston Marathon, a meeting that allows them to study a map of the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boston's Copley Square...More >>
Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others were out to prove something to the world about their sport, the city or their country. And some wanted to prove something to themselves.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:42 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:42:29 GMT
MILFORD, Ohio (AP) - An 89-year-old southwest Ohio woman is preparing to move out of her home of the last 10 years because it has gone smoke-free. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Beulah "Billie" Toombs faces eviction after her apartment building's management deemed her noncompliant. A smoker for seven decades or so, she thinks she should be allowed to do what she wants in her own home. More than a year ago, the management of the apartments for low-income seniors announced a smoke-free p...More >>
MILFORD, Ohio (AP) - An 89-year-old southwest Ohio woman is preparing to move out of her home of the last 10 years because it has gone smoke-free. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Beulah "Billie" Toombs faces eviction after her apartment building's management deemed her noncompliant. A smoker for seven decades or so, she thinks she should be allowed to do what she wants in her own home. More than a year ago, the management of the apartments for low-income seniors announced a smoke-free p...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:38 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:38:27 GMT
CINCINNATI (AP) - A mother who police say overdosed on heroin with her boyfriend at a McDonald's play area near Cincinnati has pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Tamica Jeffers pleaded guilty Monday in Hamilton County court after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a second charge of child endangerment. The 33-year-old Jeffers, of Dillsboro, Ind., wept in court as she denied ever using heroin, telling Judge Fanon Rucker that she had a seizure after ...More >>
CINCINNATI (AP) - A mother who police say overdosed on heroin with her boyfriend at a McDonald's play area near Cincinnati has pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Tamica Jeffers pleaded guilty Monday in Hamilton County court after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a second charge of child endangerment. The 33-year-old Jeffers, of Dillsboro, Ind., wept in court as she denied ever using heroin, telling Judge Fanon Rucker that she had a seizure after ...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:36 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:36:41 GMT
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio (AP) - A southwest Ohio school district reports that a longtime swim coach has died after a mowing accident at his home. Sixty-three-year-old Joe Middeler had recently completed his 15th season as varsity swim coach for New Richmond Schools. He had been owner-operator of a food market and was a substitute teacher. No other details were released immediately on the accident at his home in the village of Moscow. WCPO-TV of Cincinnati reports that Middeler helped develop sever...More >>
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio (AP) - A southwest Ohio school district reports that a longtime swim coach has died after a mowing accident at his home. Sixty-three-year-old Joe Middeler had recently completed his 15th season as varsity swim coach for New Richmond Schools. He had been owner-operator of a food market and was a substitute teacher. No other details were released immediately on the accident at his home in the village of Moscow. WCPO-TV of Cincinnati reports that Middeler helped develop sever...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:47 PM EDT2014-04-22 02:47:39 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Captain America really is unbeatable - at least at the box office"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has been the top draw at theaters for three consecutive weeks, vanquishing would-be foes including the new thriller starring Johnny Depp.According to Monday's final box office figures, the Marvel sequel added $25.6 million in ticket sales over the weekend. "The Winter Soldier" has made more than $200 million domestically since logging the best April opening in history."Hea...More >>
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Captain America really is unbeatable - at least at the box office"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has been the top draw at theaters for three consecutive weeks, vanquishing would-be foes including the new thriller starring Johnny Depp.According to Monday's final box office figures, the Marvel sequel added $25.6 million in ticket sales over the weekend. "The Winter Soldier" has made more than $200 million domestically since logging the best April opening in history."Hea...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:37 PM EDT2014-04-22 02:37:26 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix is preparing a sequel unlikely to be a hit with its subscribers. The Internet video service is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more Internet video programming such as its popular political drama "House of Cards."The increase, to take place sometime before July, will hike prices by $1 or $2 per month for new customers. The company's nearly 36 million current subscribers will continue to pay $8 per month for at least the n...More >>
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix is preparing a sequel unlikely to be a hit with its subscribers. The Internet video service is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more Internet video programming such as its popular political drama "House of Cards."The increase, to take place sometime before July, will hike prices by $1 or $2 per month for new customers. The company's nearly 36 million current subscribers will continue to pay $8 per month for at least the n...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:35 AM EDT2014-04-21 14:35:30 GMT
From the disappearances of aviator Amelia Earhart to labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, there's just something about a good mystery that Americans find too tantalizing to resist. Perhaps that's why the saga of...More >>
From the disappearances of aviator Amelia Earhart to labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, there's just something about a good mystery that Americans find too tantalizing to resist. Perhaps that's why the saga of missing...More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 11:02 PM EDT2014-04-20 03:02:53 GMT
Facebook users in the U.S. will soon be able to see which of their friends are in close proximity using a new feature the company is launching on Thursday.More >>
Facebook users in the U.S. will soon be able to see which of their friends are nearby using a new feature the company is launching on Thursday.More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 9:35 PM EDT2014-04-20 01:35:04 GMT
MASON, Ohio (AP) - Kings Island theme park in southwest Ohio is unveiling a new inverted roller coaster more than 4,000 feet long with speeds up to 68 miles per hour.The "Banshee" is making its debut Friday at the park north of Cincinnati.Kings Island says the steel roller coaster named for a wailing mythological messenger from the underworld includes a 167-foot lift hill and a 150-foot curved first drop. Riders also will experience a zero-gravity roll.Three trains containing eight cars each ...More >>
MASON, Ohio (AP) - Kings Island theme park in southwest Ohio is unveiling a new inverted roller coaster more than 4,000 feet long with speeds up to 68 miles per hour.The "Banshee" is making its debut Friday at the park north of Cincinnati.Kings Island says the steel roller coaster named for a wailing mythological messenger from the underworld includes a 167-foot lift hill and a 150-foot curved first drop. Riders also will experience a zero-gravity roll.Three trains containing eight cars each ...More >>
A report published showed that 3.1 million smartphones were stolen in the US last year, that’s a big jump from the 1.6 million figure in 2012. Losing devices continues to be a serious problem too.More >>
A report published showed that 3.1 million smartphones were stolen in the US last year, that’s a big jump from the 1.6 million figure in 2012. Losing devices continues to be a serious problem too.More >>
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