YOUNGSTOWN — The director of galleries and public art at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is the new director of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. The Butler board approved the hiring of Anastasia James at its meeting Thursday. Search and executive committees, led by board ...

Judge: Trump name added illegally to Kennedy Center WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations. Trump said in ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Bond was set at $1 million Friday afternoon for Darius Smith, 22, in the early Wednesday shooting death of a person in the 900 block of East Dewey Avenue on the South Side. Smith appeared in Youngstown Municipal Court by video from the Mahoning County jail. No plea was ...

CAMPBELL — A Mahoning County grand jury this week handed down indictments in two separate cases involving alleged animal and child abuse. On Thursday, the grand jury indicted Lisa Micco, 44, and Joseph Micco, 66, of Van Buren Avenue, on two charges of endangering children, a first-degree ...

Trumbull County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division Court Judge David L. Engler disputes a state attorney’s claims to the Ohio Supreme Court that his lawsuit seeking to stop abortions in the state should be dismissed because of flawed legal arguments. In response to the dismissal ...

Austintown Police activity reported May 20-28: May 28, 12:41 a.m. — Jameel Bradley was arrested during a traffic stop at the intersection of Burkey and South Raccoon roads on an undisclosed Stark County arrest warrant. May 27, 8:19 p.m. — Credit card fraud reported at 365 Victoria ...