CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U WEATHER, A2 • TRIBUTES, A5 • EDITORIAL, A7 • BUSINESS, B5 • OUTDOORS, B7 • RELIGION, B8 UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY NABF TOURNAMENT AT CENE Spooky teen fi lm ‘Wish Upon’ is so bad, it’s good Creekside Fitness claims 6-2 victory in opening-round action VALLEY LIFE | C2 SPORTS | B1 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 U 75¢ MVSD board eliminates Vigorito’s post Vigorito “He was indicted and has been stripped cause the position is “not now necessary President says position is no longer needed of all of his licenses. But even if he wasn’t, as those duties are effectively handled By DAVID SKOLNICK cused of falsifying training records of we would have considered eliminating through the chief engineer and other [email protected] Youngstown water employees. the position.” management employees.” The resolu- The board expects to hire a chief en- tion allows Vigorito to receive health “The prudent decision was to elimi- MINERAL RIDGE gineer toward the end of this month, insurance coverage from the MVSD The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District nate the position because there’s no Blair said. through July 31. board eliminated the position of plant need to keep it on the organizational The board voted June 28 in support of Vigorito, 41, of Niles was demoted in operations manager held by Anthony chart,” Matthew Blair, president of the a resolution to abolish the plant opera- Blair P. Vigorito, who is under indictment ac- MVSD board of directors, said Friday. tions manager job, effective July 1, be- See MVSD, A3 Barnes & Noble, Starbucks open locations at Youngstown State University DEA probes smuggling BOOKS & BREW of pot via Ford Fusions By JOE GORMAN [email protected] YOUNGSTOWN The head of the Youngstown Federal Drug Enforcement Administration says a recent marijuana-smuggling opera- tion with ties to Warren is the fi rst of its kind he has seen in this area. In fact, said Bob Balzano , who runs the local DEA offi ce, the only time he has heard of the method being de- ployed was in April, when a similar discovery was made in Minnesota. The marijuana was found last week inside the wheel well for a spare tire in a new Ford Fusion that was manu- factured in Sonora, Mexico, at a Ford dealership in Kent, after one of the ve- hicles was unloaded from a car carrier, Balzano said. Investigators were then able to fi nd 14 more packages of marijuana in oth- See PROBE, A3 DR. YURICH TRIAL ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR Barnes & Noble is opening a new Youngstown State University campus bookstore on the corner of Lincoln and Fifth avenues on Monday Judge overrules morning. The 13,000-square-foot, two-story building includes a cafe and a “spirit shop.” By GRAIG GRAZIOSI motion to acquit [email protected] YOUNGSTOWN By JUSTIN WIER IGH ABOVE THE GROUND [email protected] floor of Youngstown State YOUNGSTOWN University’s new Barnes & After the prosecution presented its Noble bookstore – which case against Dr. Joseph Yurich, defense opens Monday at 8 a.m. – attorney Lynn Maro Hconstruction workers meticulously in- sought to have a direct- stalled a 10-foot graphic depicting former ed verdict of acquittal on all charges, but a YSU track runner Nina Grambling mid- judge hearing the case stride. overruled the motion. The store – between Lincoln and Rayen Maro said the pros- avenues west of Fifth Avenue – is full of ecution presented in- similar YSU imagery, from wall-sized block sufficient evidence to Yurich Y graphics to an army of Pete the Penguins sustain a conviction. adorning everything from oven mitts to Merely showing someone consumed golf balls. alcohol and was then in an accident is There is a Starbucks Cafe connected to a not suffi cient proof of impairment, she convenient store, and rows of windows lin- argued. See BOOKSTORE, A3 Workers prepare the apparel and accessory section of the bookstore across from campus. See YURICH, A3 inside CAMPAIGN INVESTIGATION INDEX Business . B5 today Classifi eds . B5-6 Comics . C4 EX-PLAYER SUES OSU Russian-American lobbyist Crossword . C3 One of Ohio State’s most famous foot- Editorial . A7 ball stars sued the university Friday Legal ads. A5 over a marketing program he says used admits to attending meeting Lottery. A2 athletes’ images without permission Outdoors. B7 and robbed them of compensation. Associated Press planations about the June 2016 session. Religion. B8 SPORTS, B1 WASHINGTON Society. C1 A prominent Russian- Rinat Akhmetshin con- Sports. .B1-4 VEHICLE RECALLS American lobbyist and for- firmed his involvement to Tributes. A5 Honda is recalling about 2.1 million mer Soviet military officer The Associated Press in an interview. TV Grid . C3 Accord cars because the battery attended a meeting with He had not been previous- Weather. A2 sensors can potentially short out and President Donald Trump’s cause a fi re. 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