YOUNGSTOWN – Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell made his final three department head selections: retaining the parks and recreation director, promoting a city employee to run buildings and grounds, and naming a new downtown events and special projects director. McDowell said: “Coming to the end ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With work starting on a $42.7 million project to keep wastewater from flowing into Lake Glacier, numerous Mill Creek Park roads, trails and facilities will be closed starting Monday for two years or more. The closures are needed to safely complete the first two phases of the ...

AUSTINTOWN — For several years during the holiday season, Austintown resident Jason Tibolla has coordinated and led a small business holiday pop-up event to benefit local organizations, with this year’s event helping All About the Paws Animal Rescue and a collection for the Youngstown Blue ...

Staff report The Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and prison sentence for a former Warren police officer convicted by a jury in 2024 of 15 felony counts, including two first-degree rape charges with firearm specifications. Michael Edwards, 45, imprisoned at ...

CANFIELD — Ellie Kaley, a 7-year-old student at West Branch Elementary School, marked her first six months in business by celebrating with a few dozen kittens at Angels For Animals. The Mahoning County-based animal adoption nonprofit is in the midst of a campaign to upgrade its facility. ...

BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — A thunderous explosion Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside, authorities said. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference ...