Man dies in early morning crash on I-80

October 2, 2026

AUSTINTOWN — The Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at approximately 03:07 a.m. Thursday, according to an OHP press release. At approximately 03:07 a.m., a 2026 Freightliner Cascadia semi, driven by Justin Hinds, 55, of Conyers, Georgia, was traveling westbound on Interstate 80 near mile post 222. At that time a 2010 Ford Crown Victoria, driven by Theodore Sisak, 35, of Erie, Pennsylvania, quickly approached the semi from the rear. Sisak’s vehicle struck the trailer causing fatal injuries to himself, according ...

Summit seeks answers to Valley’s housing shortage

October 1, 2026

NILES — The Mahoning Valley Housing Summit was hosted Wednesday at the Eastwood Event Centre by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber to bring together professionals, developers and community leaders in the housing industry. The main focus of the summit was to brainstorm possible solutions ...

9 states have new US House districts for the midterm elections after Trump urged changes

September 30, 2026

Roughly 440 days after President Donald Trump spurred a mid-decade redrawing of congressional maps, the voting districts for the consequential midterm elections finally are settled in all U.S. states. A U.S. Supreme Court decision late last week put to rest a long-running legal battle in ...

Town hall forum denounces healthcare desert in Mahoning Valley

September 28, 2026

WARREN — The Mahoning Valley People’s Action Alliance hosted a State of Valley Healthcare town hall Saturday where local residents heard presentations about healthcare issues in the Mahoning Valley. The town hall was organized in the shadow of both Trumbull Regional Medical Center and ...

Nor’easter pummels shorelines of East Coast

September 28, 2026

BOSTON (AP) — Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind ...

Nationwide moratorium pitched for data centers

September 28, 2026

PARKER-SBURG, W.Va. — The Democratic challenger for one of West Virginia’s congressional seats pitched legislation Friday to place a two-year moratorium on new, large data centers and to give local communities a say in whether they’re built. Ace Parsi, a Morgantown community ...