GIRARD — Two adults and an infant were able to escape a Wednesday morning house fire in Girard that left the structure destroyed. Girard Fire Captain Jacob Barnhart said when crews arrived at the scene just after 10:45 a.m., the two-story house at 30 W. Second St. near Jones Court was fully ...

ANDOVER — Sitting below .500 at the beginning of the month, Pymatuning Valley has been strong in February. The Lakers added another win to their total on Wednesday, taking down Badger, 42-29, for their sixth straight victory. The teams went tit-for-tat in the first half, but in the final ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown City School District Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor recently met with Gov. Mike DeWine to discuss removing the district from academic distress. After the East Cleveland and Lorain school districts were recently released from that status, Youngstown remains the sole ...

BOARDMAN — Sometimes basketball just comes down to execution. The score didn’t quite describe the Boardman’s girls basketball team’s 72-54 loss to Howland. Boardman had chances to get back into the game, but each time, the Tigers came down with an offensive rebound, went on a short ...

CLEVELAND — Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32, Donovan Mitchell added 30, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 138-113 victory over the Washington Wizards in James Harden’s first home game wearing wine and gold. Harden had 13 points and 11 assists in 28 minutes for his second ...

YOUNGSTOWN — After much discussion in public and behind closed doors, city council set a Feb. 20 deadline to accept letters of interest and resumes from those interested in filling the vacant 6th Ward seat. Those who have already contacted council members about the open seat will have to ...