Good morning, Youngstown.

The Diocese of Youngstown says Catholic Charities Regional Agency, Catholic Charities of Ashtabula County, and Catholic Charities Serving Portage and Stark Counties will merge into the Diocese’s Catholic Charities Corporation on Jan.

1, 2027, and be renamed Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown; services will continue in each county without interruption.

Canfield Local Schools is asking voters to approve a five-year, 5.9-mill levy that will be on the ballot Tuesday, Nov.

3 and would raise about $5.7 million a year (about $207 per $100,000 in property value). District leaders say they face a $2.1 million shortfall at the end of the 2026-27 school year and may cut staff, programs, athletics, or transportation if the levy fails.

Ohio will receive $8 million from a $220 million, 36-state settlement with GM announced on Friday, and the agreement requires GM to limit collected driving and location data and add dealership training and privacy assessments (Smart Driver program).

Youngstown's Ohio One Group was awarded $254,169 from the Ohio Department of Development to fund energy-efficiency upgrades, including LED lighting, building-envelope improvements, steam-trap repairs, and a digital building control system, which are expected to cut its utility costs by 24.1%.

Mercy Health will close the county's only labor and delivery unit at St. Joseph Warren Hospital and move maternity care to St. Elizabeth Boardman with 20 added beds (patients may face 30–45 minute drives).

Trumbull County and city leaders are meeting and drafting letters urging Mercy to reconsider.

Kravitz Deli will celebrate National Sandwich Day with its 4th Annual Big Reuban Challenge at the deli, where contestants will try to eat around three pounds in 60 minutes for a $45 entry fee.

Finishers get a Big Reuban T-shirt, $15 gift certificate, a Kravitz cap & a photo on the wall.

YSN's DJ Yokley highlights the opening-round playoff matchup between Brookfield and Columbiana and directs viewers to YSN for broadcast and game details.