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  • 1 week ago | wkbn.com | Gerry Ricciutti

    NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (WKBN) – A local native who now works and lives in Israel with his family says the ongoing war with Iran has added even more stress to everyday life in that part of the world. Jonathan Tekac has been living in Israel for the last three years with his wife and kids. He grew up in the New Wilmington area and went to Youngstown State University.

  • 1 week ago | wytv.com | Gerry Ricciutti

    by: Gerry Ricciutti Posted: Jun 20, 2025 / 10:07 AM EDT Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 11:11 AM EDT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Firefighters were dealing with a gas line rupture on Friday morning in Youngstown. A crew installing new fiber optic lines along Gypsy Lane hit a gas line, a captain with the Youngstown Fire Department said.

  • 1 week ago | wkbn.com | Gerry Ricciutti

    by: Gerry Ricciutti Posted: Jun 20, 2025 / 10:07 AM EDT Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 11:45 AM EDT YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Firefighters were dealing with a gas line rupture on Friday morning in Youngstown. A crew installing new fiber optic lines along Gypsy Lane hit a gas line, a captain with the Youngstown Fire Department said.

  • 1 week ago | wytv.com | Gerry Ricciutti

    SEBRING, Ohio (WKBN) – The Mahoning County Land Bank and Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation are transforming another vacant lot into a single-family home. It is only the third time in the last several years that a new home is being built in the village of Sebring. Leaders from the village joined executives with both the Mahoning County Land Bank and YNDC Thursday morning to formally break ground on this project on 15th Street.

  • 1 week ago | wkbn.com | Gerry Ricciutti

    EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) – As visitors to East Palestine Park can watch the progress being made on a new Olympic-sized aquatic facility, the railroad footing the bill for all this has more planned for the community. “We’re working on a new welcome sign to the East Palestine community that should be starting in the coming weeks. We work with the local nonprofits and provide funding for the work that they’re doing,” said Kristin Wong, the director of the Norfolk Southern Foundation.

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