Cole Porter wrote about 25 musicals for stage and screen in his lifetime, but only “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Anything Goes” are produced with any regularity in the 21st Century. “Some of the subject matters just aren’t relevant anymore,” said Adam Day Howard, who will direct “Kiss ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOUNGSTOWN — An attorney defending Youngstown in a wrongful death lawsuit argued that a motion seeking to prohibit the city from gathering its own evidence or calling witnesses is “inconsistent” with court rules and “exceeds the proper bounds of judicial relief and should be ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ask Brooke Parker about her relationship with all things sourdough, and be prepared for her to possibly take you back a few generations. “I grew up in the kitchen with my great-grandma. Now I’m carrying on her love of the kitchen,” Parker, who runs her two-year-old ...