Your Morning Matters: The morning after
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Matters.
It's Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, and today I'm reminded of the haunting love theme from "The Poseidon Adventure." Ladies and gentlemen, Youngstown's Maureen McGovern:
There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light
Ah, yes, the morning after. We had an election. It was peaceful. Many of the votes were counted. There may be a clear presidential winner later today. We still have some counting to do. While democracy seems intact as of this writing, we are nearly a perfectly divided country in terms of votes and views.
Ultimately, some people will hate the results and cry, while others will love the results and cheer. We hope there's little gloating or acrimony.
If you spent any of your election night with the Mahoning Matters crew, we thank you. Jess, Justin, Ellen, Jeremy and I were augmented with Mandy Jenkins and Shay Totten from our Central Office team and good, ol' reliable Tom Williams who got us through the day. We had a pretty good game plan, and it was a smooth night for Valley returns. A shout-out, too, to the Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana county boards of elections.
There will be glitches to iron out. But, by and large, people got to vote and be heard.
It's the morning after. Still, the coronavirus is raging. Let's be careful out there.
And here are more of the things you need to know about what's happening in the Mahoning Valley:
Mahoning County's top lawman has earned another four years in office. Democratic Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains defeated his former assistant prosecutor Marty Desmond, a Republican, in Tuesday's general election, according to unofficial results from the county elections board.
It was a busy election night, and if you head to Mahoning Matters, you can get caught up on a lot of local races, as well as national results.
Pandemic facts
- In the U.S.: 9,236,643 confirmed cases; 232,072 deaths, according to infection2020.com at 10 p.m. Nov. 3.
- In Ohio: 226,138 confirmed or suspected cases; 5,373 deaths.
- In Pennsylvania: 214,871 confirmed cases; 8,855 deaths.
- In the Mahoning Valley: 4,243 confirmed or suspected cases in Mahoning County; 2,649 in Trumbull; and 2,315 in Columbiana.
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: Closed at 27,480.03, up 554.98 points, or 2.06 percent.
Other matters
Among the local races with some intrigue, Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland won re-election in the U.S. House 13th District race, according to unofficial election results. "We're excited," Ryan told Mahoning Matters on Tuesday night.
The seventh annual Adoption Day Celebration event will be virtual for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. of the Mahoning County Probate Court, Mahoning County Children Services and 21 WFMJ-TV will co-host the online event. Mahoning Matters
The deadline for grant proposals through the joint COVID-19 Crisis Relief and Stabilization Application is Nov. 20. Applicants are encouraged to submit requests to the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, The Raymond John Wean Foundation and The Youngstown Foundation. Mahoning Matters
A new Rally's restaurant will soon sell hamburgers out of a location at the corner of Robbins and Vienna avenues in Niles. The new Rally's is expected to open early next year. WKBN
Crews have erected a sign at the entrance to the Meijer Supercenter store at Boardman-Canfield Road and Tippecanoe Road. Boardman zoning officials say the store is supposed to open next year, but they have not yet been given an official opening date. WFMJ
Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, leaders of "middle market" businesses are cautiously optimistic, according to KeyBank's quarterly survey. When asked about their outlook for the next 12 months, 59 percent responded "excellent" or "very good" for their own business. The Business Journal [May require registration.]
Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court has affirmed and adopted the decision of his magistrate regarding an Ohio Open Meetings Act violation by Lowellville Board of Education. The Vindicator [May encounter paywall.]
In case you missed it
The new Eastwood Event Centre is a 16,000-square-foot facility that can host business meetings, receptions and wedding events for eight to 800 guests, said James Campbell, director of sales and catering. Mahoning Matters
This story was made possible by Farmers National Bank.
Your comments matter
"I'm going to the polls in person to vote. It will be the first time that I have ever voted as well."
— Joshua Andrews, on Mahoning Matters reporter Justin Dennis' Facebook Live report from the Eicher Center in Warren on Election Day.
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Event of the day
Lit Youngstown's November First Wednesday reading, featuring poet Craig Paulenich and fiction writer James Winter, will take place at 7 p.m. on Zoom and Facebook Live.
To see what else is going on around the Mahoning Valley, check out Mahoning Matters' event calendar here, or click the Events tab on the top menu at mahoningmatters.com.
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This story was originally published November 4, 2020 at 6:55 AM with the headline "Your Morning Matters: The morning after."