YOUNGSTOWN — City officials filed a lawsuit against the companies blamed for the deadly May 2024 explosion at the former Realty Tower in downtown. The city filed the lawsuit in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, the day before today’s two-year anniversary of the disaster and ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to child rape last month was sentenced Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Chad Scofinsky, 36, of Noel Drive in Youngstown, will spend six to nine years in prison. Scofinsky pleaded guilty April 22 to one ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The cost of rent at the former Bottom Dollar store in Youngstown would be significantly less for the Mahoning County Board of Elections that is looking to relocate its offices than it would be at the Patriot Building in Austintown. The analysis was done on behalf of the Western ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has proposed awarding a contract to a longtime bus company in an effort to ease the district’s ongoing transportation challenges. During its regular meeting Tuesday at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School, Superintendent Jeremy ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The rehabilitation of a small bridge on South Avenue, which starts Monday, will mean a 3-mile detour for those who travel on one of the city’s busiest corridors. The bridge goes over the Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad Co. train line, just south of the larger Peace ...

BOARDMAN — While many Americans either traveled over the three-day weekend, had cookouts and enjoyed the unofficial start of summer, the 122nd annual Boardman Memorial Day service reminded its more than 100 attendees Monday morning that those good times are only made possible by those who ...