YOUNGSTOWN — A large section of bricks on the exterior of the city-owned 20 Federal Place, a shuttered nine-story downtown structure, fell off and landed on the roof of a nearby structure. It’s the latest problem for the mothballed building that has sat empty for close to four ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council is being asked to spend $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for a potential business at an industrial park though the request may be rebuffed. Legislation sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell requests council at its Wednesday meeting allow the board of ...

YOUNGSTOWN — After touring a long-vacant grocery store on the city’s South Side, David Betras, chairman of the Mahoning County Board of Elections, called it the ideal location for the board’s offices. Betras said Thursday after walking through the former Bottom Dollar store: “It’s ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Devin M. Nash, 32, was sentenced to 3 to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for an Oct. 25, 2024, assault at a home in the 3200 block of Ohio Avenue on Youngstown’s North Side. Retired Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Andrew Logan ...

WARREN — A city man escaped an early Thursday morning fire that destroyed his Belmont Avenue home and killed his three dogs. Warren emergency responders were called out after 4:45 a.m. to the two-story wood-framed home at 528 Belmont Ave. NE, which fire officials said was fully engulfed in ...

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley awarded $944,600 in its first 2026 grant cycle to 57 nonprofits serving Mahoning and Trumbull counties. With support from fundholders and discretionary funds, $365,400 was awarded through the foundation’s General Grant program. More than ...