WARREN — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has been requested by the Warren Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting early Thursday in the 1500 block of Longfellow Court NE. Dominic Binkley, press secretary with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office BCI, said ...

El Nino arrives; scientists fear it will be big, bad and very costly WASHINGTON — U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed. That’s the natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather around the globe. It is likely to a major factor in extreme and deadly weather ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown police officers and a highway patrol trooper arrested two juveniles Wednesday night at Glenwood and Indianola avenues in a stolen car that was involved hours earlier in an armed robbery/car -jacking in Pennsylvania. One report stated that the carjacking took place in ...

PITTSBURGH — Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Thursday night. The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a single and walked ...

AUSTINTOWN — At the request of defense attorney Mike Yacovone, Mahoning County Area Court Judge Scott Hunter on Wednesday ordered a competency evaluation for Laronda Mitchell, 38, of South Raccoon Road in Austintown, before he will rule on whether she should be bound over to a Mahoning County ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will not bail out the beleaguered downtown Youngstown utility company on the brink of financial collapse with funding from the state’s capital budget or its rainy day fund, his spokesman said. Dan Tierney, DeWine’s spokesman, said while the governor is ...