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Safety picnic introduces Valley first responders, residents

POLAND — In older movies, the neighborhood policeman walked his beat and knew the names of local residents and small business owners. Poland Township police Chief Greg Wilson aimed to create that familiarity between the people who protect the area and those who live there with a Safety ...

Milton event honors Revolutionary War soldiers from area

MILTON TOWNSHIP — An America250 celebration honored soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War on Friday at Lake Milton State Park Amphitheater at Craig Beach. The 22 soldiers honored were men who settled in what would become Milton Township, and their descendants attended the ...

Patrol’s ‘eye in the sky’ helps to capture suspect

YOUNGSTOWN — Shawn Rodriguez-Perez, 24, remained in the Mahoning County jail Saturday after being arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on felony charges of fleeing and eluding and receiving stolen property in a Wednesday incident in which a Youngstown police officer, U.S. marshal ...

Liberty pilot’s dream came true in Air Force

John D. ‘JD’ Williams AGE: 64 RESIDENCE: Liberty SERVICE BRANCH: U.S. Air Force MILITARY HONORS: Meritorious Service Medals, 2002, 2009 for outstanding service while assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station; The Air Medal for Meritorious ...

Austintown man indicted again on weapons, menacing charges

YOUNGSTOWN — The criminal case against Jacob E. Hall, 34, of Yorkshire Boulevard in Austintown, was on the grand jury list Thursday with Hall indicted again on the same three charges — improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school safety zone with a firearm specification and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated menacing. Hall was indicted the first time Dec. 11, 2025, in an incident at his home on Yorkshire Boulevard in which Hall was shot by an Austintown police officer. He survived the shooting, which was investigated as an officer-involved shooting by the ...

Compassion fuels large Valley car show

BOARDMAN — Joe Simon has more than 2,000 reasons to be grateful to a large group of strangers — and most of the reasons resemble a dollar bill. “It’s amazing to have people you don’t really know help you out in a time of need. ... This restores your faith in humanity,” Simon, of ...