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Councilman in Struthers set to resign

STRUTHERS — With the general election two weeks away, Democrat Ron Carcelli is expected to resign today as Struthers 2nd Ward councilman and plans to withdraw as a candidate. Carcelli, first elected to the council seat in 2017, was well on his way to being elected Nov. 4 to his fifth ...

Bow hunters kill 23 deer so far in Mill Creek MetroParks hunt

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mill Creek MetroParks has changed the way it confirms the number of white-tailed deer killed by hunters selected through an Ohio Department of Natural Resources lottery, but there were 23 confirmed deer reductions in the parks during the first three weeks — all through bow ...

Comey’s lawyers: Case driven by Trump’s ‘personal animus’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey urged a judge Monday to dismiss the case against him, calling it a vindictive prosecution motivated by “personal animus” and orchestrated by a White House determined to seek retribution against a perceived foe of President ...

Batchelor reports on city schools’ progress

YOUNGSTOWN — The theme may be “One vision, one Youngstown,” but progress in the city school district is being made on multiple fronts, the top official says. “Everything we do, every lesson we teach, every document we create, needs to be focused on these five durable skills,” ...

Two arrested in South Side shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — Two people are in jail after being arrested Friday in connection with a shooting on the city’s South Side. A heavily redacted Youngstown police report does not state exactly when the shooting occurred or where, except that it happened on Compton Lane. The report also does not ...

Valley rallies decry Trump

YOUNGSTOWN — In an Oct. 26, 1967, speech he gave to middle school students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told his young audience in part, “If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl; but whatever ...