YOUNGSTOWN — When it comes to reclaiming its identity, the city is like a seven-course meal, but in need of a chef to bring it all together, the top leader says. “This city has more than other cities, but we do less,” Mayor Derrick McDowell said. McDowell was the keynote speaker for ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor Derrick McDowell publicly apologized for a communications mixup during a recent tour by Mahoning County Board of Elections officials of a city property that initially had council members and others refused entry to the building and then had police called to it. McDowell ...

Eleven shows, including many past favorites, will play the Warren Community Amphitheatre this summer as part of the River Rock at the Amp concert series. Sunrise Entertainment announced the full lineup today, which starts the first Saturday after Memorial Day and runs through Labor Day ...

BOARDMAN — Residents of a local neighborhood say they have had it with a dilapidated house in their midst and they want trustees to act. The house at 727 Truesdale Road is not occupied — unless you count the suspected raccoon infestation — and has fallen into severe disrepair. Residents ...

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks. Iran responded with threats on ...

The four Mahoning County Area Court judges recused themselves from a breach-of-contract case filed against Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone, contending he owes $4,250 to Jennifer J. Ciccone, his former chief deputy and chief of staff whom he fired after a falling out. Magistrate Donald ...