COLUMBUS — Christoph Tilly scored 17 points, John Mobley Jr. added 15 to lead Ohio State to a 91-58 win over Western Michigan on Thursday night to remain unbeaten. Amare Bynum added 12 points and 10 rebounds and Devin Royals had 10 points and 10 boards. Bruce Thornton scored 11 points for ...

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on. The punishment meted out by the Public ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With a change in administration six weeks away, city council rejected legislation to permit the board of control to enter into a contract with a marketing consultant and delayed a vote on creating the job of site development coordinator. Council voted 4-2 Wednesday against ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council agreed to allow the board of control to spend up to $33 million for final design and construction administration on building a facility as part of its major wastewater improvement project. Council voted 6-0 Wednesday on the legislation with Councilman Julius ...

AUSTINTOWN — Another hurdle has been cleared in the township’s fight to end problems at a business along South Four Mile Run Road. Zoning Inspector Darren Crivelli said the Austintown Zoning Commission, at an Oct. 30 hearing, approved a motion to rezone three parcels on that street to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell said he will conduct formal interviews this week with the city’s current chief of staff, law director and finance director to determine if they will remain in their current positions when he takes over Jan. 1. McDowell said his goal is to have a ...