YOUNGSTOWN — Five Youngstown firefighters were sworn in to new jobs Wednesday at the main fire station downtown after being promoted. They took their oath of office in front of a large crowd of family and friends. But the ceremony also featured two other new leaders — new Youngstown Mayor ...

LONDON — U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The police force did not name Mountbatten-Windsor, as is normal under U.K. law. But when asked if he had been arrested, the force pointed to a statement saying that they had ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council approved four pieces of legislation to address Youngstown’s lead waterline issues and ratified a three-year contract with the police patrol union. Council voted 6-0 Wednesday on all of the legislation. With the 6th Ward seat vacant and a council member absent at ...

HUBBARD — A week after its township counterpart discussed purchasing a new radio system to improve communications for first responders, city officials moved forward with a similar deal for its police department. At Tuesday’s regular council meeting, Councilman Jonathan Rose, D-at Large, ...

BOARDMAN — Documents from the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center show that a local teenager’s case likely will be transferred to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. The complaint against the 17-year-old states that the court finds sufficient reason to believe the boy “is not ...

For the Rev. Kenneth L. Simon, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Youngstown, Jesse Jackson’s life and legacy were not merely in the abstract; they were real and personal. His father, the late Rev. Lonnie K.A. Simon, who also pastored at New Bethel, was Jackson’s local campaign ...