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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was called to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge agreed to remove Reg Martin as receiver and Kenneth R. Goldberg as legal counsel for the beleaguered SOBE Thermal Energy LLC, which has failed to provide consistent steam heat to most of downtown Youngstown. In a Tuesday judgment entry, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ...

AUSTINTOWN — Township trustee Bruce Shepas was the last one to throw his name into the hat for this year’s county commissioner race. On Friday, he explained why he decided now is the time for his campaign, less than three years since his election as a trustee. Mahoning County ...

WARREN — About 60 people turned out on Presidents Day Monday to hold signs and make their views known for a Good Trouble Trumbull rally on Courthouse Square. The Facebook invitation to the event was titled “Democracy over Dictators” and urged people to “peacefully demonstrate against ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning County commissioner is apologizing for a seemingly threatening comment she made about state lawmakers last week. “I would like to sincerely apologize for what I said in reference to officials in Columbus during last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting. Reactive ...