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1 day ago | mahoningmatters.com | Colin Beazley

After a 3-hour, 20-minute rain delay, the Astros beat the Pirates 8-2 at PNC Park to take two games of a three-game series. The Astros took the lead with a four-run fourth, then sealed it with two more in the seventh and a two-run homer in the ninth. The game began Thursday night, reaching its conclusion early Friday morning. Astros lefty Framber Valdez pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits, to earn the win and improve to 6-4. He struck out 11 Pirates.

1 day ago | mahoningmatters.com | Matthew Perschall

Pine Grove softball defeated Kutztown Area 10-8 in the tenth inning. READ MORE: Pine Grove storms back to punch ticket to the PIAA 3A semifinalsCopyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers. This story was originally published June 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM.

1 day ago | mahoningmatters.com | Jason Lemon

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the "easiest way" for the government to save money would be to "terminate" contracts and subsidies going to billionaire Elon Musk, amid an escalating war of words between the commander in chief and the world's wealthiest man. "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

1 day ago | mahoningmatters.com | Paul Walsh

MINNEAPOLIS - A man was charged Thursday for an alleged assault of a Minneapolis police officer in the aftermath of a large-scale federal raid of a Mexican restaurant on Lake Street. Maxwell Louis Collyard, 33, of Minneapolis, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with obstructing a police officer, a gross misdemeanor, and misdemeanor fleeing police. A 47-year-old Minneapolis man was jailed on similar allegations and could still face criminal charges.

2 days ago | mahoningmatters.com | Bryant Billing

Lakota West has treated every game this season as if it was a state game according to senior pitcher Adrian Smith. The Firebirds will play the real thing next week. Lakota West knocked off top-ranked Cincinnati Moeller 3-2 in a Division I regional final on Wednesday evening at Wright State University's Nischwitz Stadium. It's the first state berth since 2017 for the Firebirds (24-7), which were ranked No. 13 in the final D-I state coaches association poll of the season.