Local lifeguard academy denied funding under state budget

Local lifeguard academy denied funding under state budget

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy was denied funding under the new state budget and will now have to find money elsewhere if it wants to continue operating. The academy was founded in 2019 to provide employment to local teens and make sure the Northside Pool had the staff to open every summer. But now, the Ohio General Assembly denied the academy of the $500,000 it needed to expand through a partnership with Youngstown …