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County leaders tell election board: Find your own home

YOUNGSTOWN — In the ongoing saga over a new home for the Mahoning County Board of Elections, county commissioners wrote a letter stating under Ohio law it is the board’s responsibility to select a building and the commissioners’ job to review the cost. The letter, signed by the three ...

3 girls arrested on felonies amid fights at WRTA station

ter YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police arrested three girls Monday afternoon following an altercation at the Western Reserve Transit Authority bus station downtown. A Youngstown police report states that officers were monitoring the bus station at 3:31 p.m. “due to multiple fights ...

Carpentry students put together outdoor performance space in Austintown

AUSTINTOWN — What began as a motorcycle safety campaign has grown into a community-wide collaboration that will benefit local entertainment, charitable efforts and workforce development for years to come. Through a partnership between The Gervelis Law Firm, local businesses and the Mahoning ...

‘Trap Door’ opens new opportunities for The Vindys

Jackie Popovec can’t wait to open the “Trap Door.” “Trap Door” is the new album by The Vindys, a record that’s been at least two years in the making and comes nearly five years after the group’s last studio album, 2021’s “Bugs.” It will debut on streaming services on April ...

Man wanted in 2024 Youngstown murder arrested in Columbus

YOUNGSTOWN —The U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested Eddie L. Winphrie, 42, late Monday night in Columbus on aggravated murder and other charges in the Oct. 17, 2024, shooting death of Reynaldo Hernanez, 24, at a home in the 2300 block of Bott Street in Youngstown’s East Side.

City council to consider long-delayed projects

YOUNGSTOWN — Bus shelters near Youngstown State University that were planned for a Fifth Avenue improvement project that finished in 2022 will be installed this summer, along with a Market Street bus pull-off that was supposed to be done in 2024. City council will consider legislation ...