A $1.7 million no-bid contract awarded to a company owned by J.J. Cafaro to install a water-purification system for the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the source of controversy, but the businessman said he isn’t surprised. Cafaro, a close friend of and political donor to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday with an Ultimate Fighting Championship cage fight event that included boxing on the White House’s South Lawn. Even without the $60 million spectacle, however, Trump and others in his administration are continuing to ...

SOCIETY HOSTS FORUM: The Mahoning Valley Historical Society will host a forum at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the main branch of the Public Library Youngstown-Mahoning County on Wick Avenue. The public is invited to weigh in on future programming and exhibit goals as plans continue for the Arms ...

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will consider Wednesday a staff-recommended emergency rate hike of 145% for most SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s downtown Youngstown customers during the six months when steam heat is most used and 75% during the rest of the year. A report filed ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ask Ronald Shaklee what it feels like to receive a prestigious award, and he will be quick to defer the credit beyond himself. “You work for excellence,” Shaklee, Youngstown State University emeritus professor of geography, said. Shaklee, who joined the university in 1987 ...

NEW YORK — Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for players ...