BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — A thunderous explosion Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside, authorities said. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference ...

AUSTINTOWN — Walter Duzzny left this world Dec. 16 after spending a lifetime making Mahoning County safer. Whether it was serving his country in the United States Army, serving as director of the county’s emergency management planning organization or running his own emergency planning ...

POLAND — An ongoing project for the Poland Historical Society is the attempt to collect all the Poland Seminary High School “Pioneer” yearbooks. The project picked up steam recently when a box of yearbooks was donated to the society. “Someone donated several more current yearbooks ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Leana Woolf, sister of murder victim Ed Lewis, 53, said Monday her brother was developmentally disabled, “like a kid in an adult body,” as well as kind and generous. He also was “an Elvis lover, an old classic car fan” and “knew right from wrong.” Woolf’s family ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell reappointed three department heads and named DeMaine Kitchen, who resigned in 2013 as the city’s chief of staff four days before a report determined he sexually harassed a female employee, as community planning and economic development director. In ...

BOARDMAN — The saga of the Southern Park Mall’s property taxes is over, at least for now. Mahoning County Treasurer Dan Yemma confirmed Monday that mall owner Kohan Retail Investment Group paid the entirety of its delinquent 2024 property taxes by bank wire Friday afternoon. Yemma said ...