YOUNGSTOWN — In front of a table full of 29 candles in blue glass, two Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office deputies placed an empty wreath. With each name read thereafter, an officer or family member of a fallen officer approached and placed a red rose in the wreath. The names were read in ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the talks. Iran did not immediately confirm ...

LOUISVILLE — For the second year in a row, the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals are district champions. After a go-ahead hit from junior Taco Verocco that scored a pair of runners, and a complete game effort on the mound from junior Ford Stacy, Mooney took down Field 3-1 to earn the Division IV, ...

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Canfield baseball team just needed one or two more things to go its way on Thursday at North Ridgeville. The Cardinals came up just short, falling to University School 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh in the Division IV, Northeast 5 district final. “The kids played ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has approved a resolution to award a two-year contract to a longtime private company to handle the district’s transportation needs. During a special meeting Thursday at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School, the board voted 5-1-1 to ...

PITTSBURGH — Leslie Dowdle called it. Months before her son Rico entered free agency after running for more than 1,000 yards for Carolina, Leslie Dowdle rang Rico just minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Mike McCarthy would replace Mike Tomlin as head coach in ...