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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. “Magnifica ...

WASHINGTON — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, continuing a more than century-old tradition. The three-day competition begins Tuesday and concludes Thursday night. A total of 246 local champions will be ...

CAMPBELL — Gina Sferra vividly remembers when she was 6 and was among the children asked to line up in the family’s living room near the front door to say goodbye to a beloved relative who was leaving to fight in the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert G. Stanko never returned home, ...