The Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill to designate a portion of state Route 7 (Market Street) as the Clarence “Sonny” Smith Jr. Memorial Highway. The section would be between Washington Boulevard and Western Reserve Road in Boardman. The bill was sponsored by state Sen. Al Cutrona, ...

GIRARD — Two adults and an infant were able to escape a Wednesday morning house fire in Girard that left the structure destroyed. Girard Fire Captain Jacob Barnhart said when crews arrived at the scene just after 10:45 a.m., the two-story house at 30 W. Second St. near Jones Court was fully ...

ANDOVER — Sitting below .500 at the beginning of the month, Pymatuning Valley has been strong in February. The Lakers added another win to their total on Wednesday, taking down Badger, 42-29, for their sixth straight victory. The teams went tit-for-tat in the first half, but in the final ...

BOARDMAN — Sometimes basketball just comes down to execution. The score didn’t quite describe the Boardman’s girls basketball team’s 72-54 loss to Howland. Boardman had chances to get back into the game, but each time, the Tigers came down with an offensive rebound, went on a short ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown City School District Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor recently met with Gov. Mike DeWine to discuss removing the district from academic distress. After the East Cleveland and Lorain school districts were recently released from that status, Youngstown remains the sole ...

YOUNGSTOWN — After much discussion in public and behind closed doors, city council set a Feb. 20 deadline to accept letters of interest and resumes from those interested in filling the vacant 6th Ward seat. Those who have already contacted council members about the open seat will have to ...