AUSTINTOWN — At the request of defense attorney Mike Yacovone, Mahoning County Area Court Judge Scott Hunter on Wednesday ordered a competency evaluation for Laronda Mitchell, 38, of South Raccoon Road in Austintown, before he will rule on whether she should be bound over to a Mahoning County ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will not bail out the beleaguered downtown Youngstown utility company on the brink of financial collapse with funding from the state’s capital budget or its rainy day fund, his spokesman said. Dan Tierney, DeWine’s spokesman, said while the governor is ...

YOUNGSTOWN — In addition to tenants at Wick Tower, SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC sent 10-day disconnection notices to two other downtown Youngstown customers for failing to pay bills though the troubled utility company isn’t seeking to turn off anyone’s steam heat or hot water. SOBE ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County has responded to another challenge from the group opposing relocation of the Poland branch. A news release distributed to local media on Tuesday calls for the PLYMC Board of Trustees to reconsider its decision to build a new ...

POLAND — Area Scouts have completed more than 19,000 service hours in the past year while working on their Eagle Scout projects — an average of 500 hours per project. That tidbit of information was given Tuesday morning at the 21st annual Celebration of Scouting Breakfast at The Lake ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. has completed new airstrikes on Iran after the crash of an American helicopter off Oman that it blames on Tehran. The U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement it had “struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations and ...