YOUNGSTOWN — The director of galleries and public art at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is the new director of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. The Butler board approved the hiring of Anastasia James at its meeting Thursday. Search and executive committees, led by board ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Bond was set at $1 million Friday afternoon for Darius Smith, 22, in the early Wednesday shooting death of a person in the 900 block of East Dewey Avenue on the South Side. Smith appeared in Youngstown Municipal Court by video from the Mahoning County jail. No plea was ...
CAMPBELL — A Mahoning County grand jury this week handed down indictments in two separate cases involving alleged animal and child abuse. On Thursday, the grand jury indicted Lisa Micco, 44, and Joseph Micco, 66, of Van Buren Avenue, on two charges of endangering children, a first-degree misdemeanor, and 22 counts of cruelty to companion animals, a fifth-degree felony. They also indicted Donna Yasechko, 46, of Penhale Avenue, on both fifth-degree felony and first-degree misdemeanor counts of cruelty to companion animals. An investigative report completed by Campbell Police Humane ...
NORTH LIMA — The 27th annual Raider Regatta took place Friday afternoon at the pond behind the former South Range High School — a longstanding tradition that is a highlight of the school year and a favorite among students and staff alike. Each year, South Range High School sophomores are ...
Trumbull County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division Court Judge David L. Engler disputes a state attorney’s claims to the Ohio Supreme Court that his lawsuit seeking to stop abortions in the state should be dismissed because of flawed legal arguments. In response to the dismissal request by the state attorney general’s office, Engler, a pro-life Republican judge, wrote that he has legal standing to file the case because the state’s abortion law takes away his authority to consider abortions for minors if petitioned through a judicial-bypass hearing. The right to an ...
The Trumbull County Land Reutilization Corp. received $1 million in Welcome Home Ohio Program grants to be used for housing. Half of the money will be used for the purchase of houses and the rest to rehabilitate five homes in the county. Also, Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio, which includes Mahoning and Trumbull counties among its 22 counties, received $400,000 to purchase houses. It also received an additional $600,000 for the rehabilitation or construction of nine others. The funding is the latest round of Welcome Home Ohio Program funding. The state announced $26.9 ...
