It took six years, but rapper Armani White finally is playing Youngstown. White, whose song “Billie Eilish” has been streamed nearly a half billion times on Spotify, will be the headliner for this year’s Federal Frenzy, presented by Youngstown State University’s Penguin ...

The Labra Brothers band is ready to make its “Move.” The Youngstown group will use its slot headlining this year’s The Summit FM’s 330 Day Concert to preview music from its upcoming album. Adrian Labra said the self-titled album is completed, but before it’s available, the band ...

NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48. A statement posted on the ...

YLIVE will return to where it started in 2026 with a move back to Youngstown State University’s Stambaugh Stadium, and it will continue to be a two-day event. YLIVE will take place July 10 and 11, 2026, at the stadium, according to event creator JAC Live, and the lineup announcement ...

Staff report An Austintown native will speak in Akron on Thursday following a screening of a movie he produced. Ian Michaels, an Austintown Fitch High School graduate, is the producer of “Wayward,” about an 11-year-old girl who becomes enchanted with a charismatic female hitchhiker her ...

Big Chuck Schodowski made multiple generations laugh in northeastern Ohio. Schodowski, who died Sunday at age 90, was an engineer at WJW-TV in Cleveland when he started making on-camera appearances in the early 1960s on “Shock Theater,” hosted by Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson). He then ...