NILES — Celebrating those who inspire and teach future generations, the second annual Mahoning Valley Educators of the Year Honors Dinner brought together 42 honorees from Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties Tuesday night at the Eastwood Event Centre. Nearly 400 educators, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Derrick McDowell said his first two months as Youngstown mayor has been filled with “wonderful beginnings.” During a State of the City address Wednesday, McDowell told the Rotary Club of Youngstown that his focus is on economic development, education, safety forces, parks ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council voted to appoint Cynthia McWilson to represent the 6th Ward, a position that’s been vacant for more than two months. After initially voting 4-2 Wednesday against Janet Tarpley, a former 6th Ward councilman — who was nominated first — council members then ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel. Four days into a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The second story of a vacant home at 443 Garfield St. on the South Side was lifted up and dropped on one side of the foundation Sunday night in an explosion, a Youngstown fire report states. The 9:56 p.m. incident was labeled an “overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat, ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Sgt. Declan Coady had been checking in with his family from Kuwait every hour or two after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, even as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf Arab states that host U.S. armed ...