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Officers in YPD show low morale

YOUNGSTOWN — A survey of Youngstown police officers shows poor morale with concerns about salaries, lack of support by city council and little by the administration, but the accuracy of the results is in question. The administration authorized the “YPD Officers Climate & Morale ...

Canfield spill cleanup could be ‘long haul,’ company reports

CANFIELD — If the size of the document is any indication, the Material Sciences Corp. and its environmental consultant, August Mack, is taking seriously the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent instructions on how to best manage cleanup of the chemical release last summer near ...

Police, hospital remain tight-lipped on ‘incident’

YOUNGSTOWN — The first police report to be released by the Youngstown Police Department regarding the “incident” Thursday morning at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital states that the incident began as a “mental health transport / assist.” But despite reports that it was a shooting ...

Final NTSB blast report released

YOUNGSTOWN — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the May 28, 2024, explosion at the Realty Tower downtown, summarizing the confluence of events that led to the destruction of the 13-floor bank and 22-unit residential structure. Its final analysis on the ...

Youngstown, ex-clerk of courts can’t resolve dispute in mediation

YOUNGSTOWN — Unable to come to an agreement in mediation, the legal dispute between the city of Youngstown and Sarah Brown-Clark, a former clerk of courts, regarding back pay returned to the active docket of the 7th District Court of Appeals. Magistrate Beth Anne Aurilio filed an order ...

Statewide outage affects Mahoning County title offices

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Clerk of Courts title department is being affected by a statewide outage affecting the ATPS and BASS systems. These systems are essential for processing motor vehicle titles and are down across all county title departments and Ohio Bureau of ...