BOARDMAN — If you traveled one mile for every package of soup and hot cereal that was assembled then distributed, you would find yourself more than halfway to the moon. “We’re trying to do easy-to-package items that are easy for families to make,” Cassandra Valentini, Direction Home of ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A second attempt by SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s court-appointed receiver to use an old Youngstown State University pipeline to provide backup energy for much of the city’s downtown failed while the current system experiences leaks. Also, efforts by Youngstown Mayor ...

BOARDMAN — Mahoning County’s first responders now have a central rallying point to gather and to heal from the stress and strain of their jobs. On Tuesday, the Clarence R. Smith Jr. Family Mahoning County First Responder Wellness Center was formally opened and dedicated by the Smith family ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has unanimously approved a three-year contract, effective in January, for Michael A. Rock to be the district’s next treasurer. “As someone once said, ‘There’s no place like home,’” Rock said after Tuesday’s regular board meeting at ...

BOARDMAN — The cast and crew of the Haunted Boardman Performing Arts Center put the final touches on their family-friendly Halloween event Monday. Hosted by the Boardman Drama Guild and the Boardman Performing Arts Center, visitors can plan on Halloween thrills and chills during a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Visiting Judge Debra Boros dismissed the divorce case filed by Emily Ciccone against her husband, Mahoning County County Clerk of Courts Michael Ciccone, at Emily Ciccone’s request. Boros, a retired former Lorain County Common Pleas Court judge who was appointed to the case ...