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Rich Center for Autism renovations celebrated

YOUNGSTOWN — A two-phase renovation project began two years at The Paul and Anthony Rich Center for the Study and Treatment of Autism. The project was to ensure that the demand of the Rich Center's resources, support services and specialized education will continue to be met. A ...

Assistant prosecutor fired over lunches with juror

YOUNGSTOWN — An assistant prosecutor and former Republican candidate for judge has been fired for allegations of impropriety. Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro confirmed Thursday that assistant prosecutor Anissa Modarelli was fired last week after repeatedly having lunch with a juror in ...

Former Eastern Gateway president and two others indicted

STEUBENVILLE — Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced Thursday that indictments were issued against three people whose crimes diverted $20 million in federal financial aid and state subsidies from Eastern Gateway Community College, led to closure of the community college in 2024 and affected its ...

Commissioners deny Ciccone’s budget increase

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Clerk of Courts office will have to make do with the money it has until and unless its leader explains why he needs more. That is the message from Mahoning County Commissioners after they say Clerk Michael Ciccone failed to show up for a staff meeting to ...

Judge grants intervenor status to two SOBE customers

YOUNGSTOWN – Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio granted intervener status in a SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC case to two downtown Youngstown buildings, who could have their steam heat shut off as early as Tuesday by the utility company. Donofrio permitted the request to intervene from West 34 Investors LLC, the owner of Wick Tower, and Erie Terminal Place LLC, which owns Erie Terminal Place, in the court case – Public Utilities Commission of Ohio v. SOBE – “for the limited purpose of receiving notice of all proceedings in this action, and attending ...

Judge tells students of struggles he overcame

YOUNGSTOWN - Judge Michael J. Ryan articulated in precise detail a childhood memory of painstakingly reaching for and successfully opening the sole wrapper left in a box of crackers on a top shelf, the last food in his home, only to discover cockroaches were eating what remained. "School was ...