YOUNGSTOWN — City council agreed to spend nearly $1.3 million of Youngstown’s American Rescue Plan funds with $800,000 of it to renovate a building on the South Side for a community center. Council passed the ARP ordinances Wednesday by 6-0 votes with Councilwoman Amber White, I-7th ...
NILES — At Wednesday’s council meeting, Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz said the city is “very excited” to receive $3.5 million through the state of Ohio’s Appalachian Community Grant Program for two downtown projects. “It was a lot of hard work,” he said. “A lot of people were ...
YOUNGSTOWN — As part of its annual Community Holocaust Commemoration for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance), the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation sponsored a student Holocaust writing, art and multimedia contest. Winners were recognized ...
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Public Health received a $24,997 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for a mosquito control program. The grant “is instrumental in our efforts to combat mosquito-borne diseases,” said Ryan Tekac, county public health ...
A bipartisan bill that includes a “primary airport” designation for the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport — which comes with an additional $850,000 annually in federal funding — passed the U.S. House and will be signed by the president. The House on Wednesday voted 387-26 in support ...
POLAND — Township police Chief Greg Wilson and his department decided to mark the township’s first National Peace Officers Memorial Day service on Wednesday. The ceremony memorialized two Poland Township officers who died in the line of duty. Each year May 15 offers a chance to remember ...