YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has named Jackie Mercer as the General Education Coordinator, a role that bridges faculty collaboration, academic assessment and university-wide curriculum development. A faculty member in the Department of English and World Languages since 2018, ...

City’s holiday parade set Dec. 5; register online to participate in it YOUNGSTOWN – The city’s annual downtown holiday parade will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 5, followed by the Christmas tree-lighting ceremony on Central Square. The lighting should happen around 7:15 p.m. Santa’s ...

YOUNGSTOWN — There is very little that can compare with seeing about 600 law enforcement officers lining Armed Forces Boulevard near Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University in order to salute the coffin of Nicholas Cayton as it passed by. Cayton was killed Oct. 16 when his Ohio State ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s police patrol union rejected a fact-finder’s report that would have given its members 4% annual raises for three years, retroactive to Jan. 1. The fact-finder report from Howard D. Silver denied the union’s request to increase their current top-tier salary to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The prosecution took one day to call all its witnesses and present its case against a mother accused of the negligent death of her 7-year-old son. After the state rested, Marquaysha Driver’s attorney, Frank Cassese, said they fell short of the mark and asked Mahoning County ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which provides utility services to much of downtown Youngstown, had heated exchanges with city officials over the beleaguered company’s plans. Reg Martin, the receiver, met Wednesday at the Central YMCA with various businesses ...