State Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, introduced the Freedom to Carry Act that would make it easier to transport shotguns and rifles in vehicles without breaking the law, and it would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 for those wanting to obtain a concealed carry license. “We’re fixing an ...

YOUNGSTOWN – An attorney representing the executor of an estate seeking millions of dollars from Youngstown in a wrongful death lawsuit asked a judge to prohibit the city from gathering its own evidence or calling witnesses because the city already missed deadlines to do both. David Moore, ...

GIRARD — City officials have decided to have KO Consulting look into the feasibility of having an urgent care and primary medical care facility in the city. Girard Mayor Mark Zuppo said at Monday’s meeting that he and Struthers Mayor Catherine Cercone-Miller have discussed with KO ...

CANFIELD — The Cardinal Joint Fire District Board of Directors heard from fire Chief Don Hutchinson about last week’s power outage during high winds at their meeting Monday. He told the board a transformer exploded and shut down half the city of Canfield. At the main station, the backup ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scott Krichbaum on Friday dismissed the felony and misdemeanor charges against Jacob E. Hall, 33, in a Nov. 30 altercation at Hall’s home on North Yorkshire Boulevard in Austintown in which Hall was shot by an Austintown police ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office on Monday released the name of the man shot to death outside of a barber shop on Canfield Road on the South Side on Friday afternoon as Terrance Simms Jr., 24. The news release states that the coroner’s office was notified by EMT ...