GIRARD — The young man who lives in the house on North Main Street in Girard that blew up and caught fire this morning said he and his girlfriend were not there when the explosion happened, but two dogs and their cats were. The dogs were rescued, but the couple does not know where the cats ...
GIRARD — A local couple are without a home and wondering about the welfare of their pets after a Thursday morning explosion damaged their house beyond repair. Karlee Davis and her boyfriend, Kolton Ensine, say they have support and a place to sleep, and their two dogs are safe. But their ...
YOUNGSTOWN — After 16 straight years of turning a profit, the city-owned Covelli Centre, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre and Wean Park finished 2025 with a staggering $484,728 operating loss. It is the first year in which the downtown facilities lost money under JAC Management Group, which started operating the center in late 2008. The amphitheater and park opened in mid-2019. “We need the big shows to make the money and we didn’t have them,” said Eric Ryan, JAC’s president. “It was our most difficult year financially. We had a few less shows than we hoped and some of ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A man driving a motorcycle was shot to death Tuesday on Youngstown’s West Side. A Youngstown police report states that officers were called to the intersection of North Maryland and Oakwood avenues on the West Side at 7:16 p.m. Officers were told it was a possible accident with injuries “where a man fell off his bike with a young child on board,” the report states. But when officers arrived, they saw that the driver had serious injuries and was covered in blood, the report states. He was loaded into a private vehicle and was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown ...
BOARDMAN — Mark Ragozine’s first meeting as township administrator seemed to have a little bit of everything. Boardman trustees covered regular business, honored a local celebrity, welcomed state legislators to discuss funding for Boardman’s biggest project, and heard from residents ...
Staff report AUSTINTOWN — A heavily redacted police report released Wednesday by Austintown police Chief Valorie Delmont sheds a little more light on the suspicious death investigation from Sunday. According to a report released Monday, an officer went to the home at 1155 S. Raccoon Road, near the 911 Memorial Park, to conduct a welfare check around 3:15 p.m. Sunday. The address is blacked out in the report released Wednesday. The narrative in the report states officer Chad Phillips went to the house for a welfare check on a 17-year-old girl. He said he spoke to a woman, ...
