WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president, the Justice Department’s top official said Tuesday in retreating from a program that faced setbacks in the courts and a fierce political backlash ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Two more water leaks in a five-day period at the Mahoning County Board of Elections has the board’s director concerned it’s just a matter of time before serious damage occurs. The leaks into a room that houses the board’s poll books occurred Friday and Tuesday, said ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney representing Sarah Brown-Clark, a former Youngstown clerk of courts seeking back pay, told a judge the city’s request to dismiss the case is “improper” and “premature.” James Vitullo, Brown-Clark’s attorney, wrote in a response to the city’s dismissal ...

AUSTINTOWN — Not every police chase involves a subject in an automobile. Austintown officers got a taste of what an exciting Monday evening might have looked like in the days of founders Calvin Austin and John McCollum. Their quarry was not a suspicious character in a sedan but rather a ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims. U.S. District Judge James Bredar expressed frustration about the timing ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which is responsible for providing steam heat for a majority of downtown Youngstown “in the midst of a financial crisis,” city council will consider legislation Wednesday to pay up to $130,000 to a law firm to determine the long-term ...