YOUNGSTOWN — The debate over the future home of the Mahoning County Board of Elections has become more contentious with legal action looming. Some community leaders spoke up at Thursday’s meeting of the Mahoning County Commissioners, expressing concern and offering to help broker a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department announced Thursday afternoon that it has been awarded an Ohio Department of Public Safety grant to strengthen safety in the downtown area. The Community Safety Initiative launched Thursday with a meeting of local partners — business owners who ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A 17-year-old male was killed Wednesday night in the 100 block of East Judson Avenue on the South Side, city officials say. Police officers were called to that location for a ShotSpotter notification, city spokesman Andy Resnick said Thursday morning. Shortly ...

LIBERTY — Police in a pair of Mahoning Valley communities are looking for a suspect who reportedly damaged thousands of dollars in car wash vacuums last week. According to a police report, an officer was dispatched to the Belmont Avenue Modwash for a criminal damage report, with dispatchers ...

LIBERTY — A traffic stop that started as a citation for running a light became a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon. John Buoy, 49, of Youngstown, appeared in Girard Municipal Court on Thursday on a charge of failure to comply with a police officer’s order or signal, and pleaded not ...

On the record Trumbull County WHAT: Commissioners meeting Wednesday PRESENT: Tony Bernard, Rick Hernandez and Denny Malloy The commissioners: •Approved advertising a public hearing to outline a planned $317,645.90 storm drainage infrastructure project for Frederick Street in ...