LIBERTY — Township police were busy earlier in the week, as goods were reported missing from a Ravine Drive resident’s vehicle. An officer responded to a call referring to a theft from a vehicle report Monday afternoon. The officer met with the victim, a man, who said several tools were ...

WHAT: Board of Education meeting Monday. PRESENT: Anna Martin, William Cummings, Josh Barr, Donald Newell and Amanda O’Neill The board: • Accepted the following donations: $150 from Beth McMullin to the district’s food services, divvied as $50 to each school in the district; $2,000 ...

LIBERTY — A child who was injured in a house explosion June 7 in the township has died from his injuries. A representative from the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Monday that Jakob Braun, 4, died Saturday morning at the burn unit of Akron Children’s Hospital. Liberty ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A media release from the Mahoning County Probate Court states that AT&T equipment problems have caused outages for the Mahoning County Courthouse and county administration offices. The release states that for at least the probate court, some calls are not being connected, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With not enough candidates on the ballot — or none in some cases — for open seats, people filed as write-ins for a number of those spots. Monday was the deadline for write-in candidates to file for the Nov. 4 general election. The Mahoning County Board of Elections on ...

STRUTHERS — Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said a new statewide fitness challenge for kids in grade 4-8 will make them not only healthier, but better students. “If we can add just a little better fitness and health, it will make us that much better,” Tressel said Monday at Struthers Middle School ...