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Woman killed in I-80 crash

JACKSON TOWNSHIP — A Leavittsburg woman died in a 10:38 p.m. Monday crash on Interstate 80. Sgt. Patrick Abel of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield Post said Michelle Ritenour, 39, was traveling west near the Ohio Turnpike entrance when the right front of her Pontiac Grand Prix ...

Groups place wreaths on veterans’ graves

Community groups, businesses and local students stepped up last weekend to brave cold weather and snow to honor veterans buried at local cemeteries by placing a wreath at their gravesides as part of National Wreaths Across America Day. Memorial services took place Saturday at both the Girard ...

WRTA bus driver assaulted; man charged

YOUNGSTOWN — A passenger on a Western Reserve Transit Authority bus punched the bus driver three to four times in the head as he was getting off of the bus at 2732 Glenwood Ave. at 8:24 a.m. Thursday, a Youngstown police report states. The suspect, Marshall Herron, 24, was arrested ...

Mahoning judge races take shape

YOUNGSTOWN — Races for judicial seats on the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court are starting to come into focus with the Feb. 4 filing deadline closing in. Three general division seats as well as domestic relations and probate judge posts are up for grabs in next year’s election. Those ...

Man pleads not guilty to domestic violence

BOARDMAN — A man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a family member. A Boardman police report states that Tre Xavier McDaniel, 33, of Youngstown, turned himself in Monday on a warrant for domestic violence. McDaniel appeared Monday in Mahoning County Boardman Court, where he ...

Ohio Turnpike tolls going up

The Ohio Turnpike’s toll rates will increase by 2.7% on Jan. 1, the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has announced. The toll rate for E-ZPass customers with passenger vehicles will increase to 7.3 cents per mile in 2026 from 7.1 cents per mile in 2025; the cash / credit card toll ...