HAMDEN (AP) — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. Some of the children discovered ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control today will close out the last major downtown street improvement project for the foreseeable future with the approval of the eighth and final change order for work done to Boardman and Walnut streets. This project concludes about six years worth of ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The estate of Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Nicholas Cayton has filed a lawsuit against the driver of the concrete truck who hit the back of Cayton’s cruiser Oct. 16 on state Route 11 in Canfield, killing Cayton. The estate also sued the company where the truck driver worked. The truck driver who was injured but survived the crash also has filed a lawsuit naming those same defendants. A suit filed Tuesday by Lynsey Cayton, wife of Cayton and administrator of his estate, names as defendants TRDB Investments LLC, doing business as Quaker City Concrete Products of ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Two downtown events scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of expected poor weather conditions. The America 250 First Fridays, which was to take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday along North Phelps Street and West Federal Street, was postponed because of expected extreme heat. It has been rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 7. Also, the Ignite the Night: Youngstown's America 250 Celebration, which was to begin at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, has been postponed because of expected thunderstorms. The free community event, which will ...
BOARDMAN — Township trustees will request a new levy in November to support police and fire services. Officials say the township’s five-year forecast makes it clear that the cost to maintain services at their current level will become prohibitive. Those calculations do not include the roughly $204,000 Boardman stands to lose from its budget after Mahoning County Commissioners approved a resolution to increase the owner-occupied tax credit by 2.5% on Tuesday. A document provided by Township Administrator Mark Ragozine shows Boardman will ask for a 2.75-mill levy that is expected ...
LIBERTY — A Youngstown couple faces charges after being accused of leaving several dogs in a vehicle with its internal temperature reaching triple digits. Amy Mikulich, 27, and Desean Johnson, 30, pleaded not guilty to a charge of cruelty to companion animals in front of Girard ...
