Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican who’s held statewide office for more than 15 years, is resigning, effective June 7, to join a Christian conservative legal advocacy group — a move that may create a domino effect among other executive branch positions. Yost is leaving his ...

POLAND — It has been just over a week since the community learned the fate of its public library branch, but passion for the issue remains as fiery as ever. Though the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County’s board of trustees voted to relocate the branch and ultimately sell the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military intercepted Iranian attacks Thursday on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces,” military officials reported Thursday. U.S. Central Command said in a social ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Kayla Dawson, 26, is in custody and charged in Youngstown Municipal Court with murder and felonious assault in the April 28 shooting death of Kyree Hornbuckle at Oakwood Avenue and South Maryland Avenue on the West Side. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Dawson on the charges ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved increasing the cost of two already-expensive projects — one that diverts sewage from the Mahoning River and the other that upgrades sections of two downtown streets. The board voted 3-0 Thursday to authorize change orders to the two ...

Ex-Ohio State players plan to join sexual abuse lawsuit against school Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, have agreed to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student athletes decades ago by a team doctor, a lawyer ...