LIBERTY — A year after fulfilling a promise to provide specialized care to people who need it to regain functionality after a major injury or surgery, hospital officials returned to an adjacent site Tuesday to fill a gap in the Mahoning Valley for those facing mental health concerns. Mercy ...

BOARDMAN — County support and corporate collaboration are the solution to a local waterline problem, said one township official. At Tuesday’s meeting of the ABC Stormwater District, Boardman Township Administrator Jason Loree and Austintown Township Trustee Robert Santos quickly dispatched ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has adopted a motion to form an ad hoc committee to address transportation challenges in the district as it prepares to implement a two-phase reconfiguration plan beginning in the 2026-27 school year. In its 7-0 vote during its regular meeting ...

COLUMBIANA — For generations, Polish Americans have gathered with relatives and friends on Christmas Eve to share a meatless dinner known as Wigilia (“Vigil”). For many, the gathering is the most intimate and meaningful event of the Christmas season. In recent years, the Polish Arts ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members. The court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a unanimous 90-year-old ...

YOUNGSTOWN — David J. Christian was arraigned on a charge of felony domestic violence in a Friday night altercation on Orrin Avenue on the East Side in which he was captured on video telling a woman to shoot him as he was trying to break down her door and charging at her. Officers were ...