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Carpentry students put together outdoor performance space in Austintown

AUSTINTOWN — What began as a motorcycle safety campaign has grown into a community-wide collaboration that will benefit local entertainment, charitable efforts and workforce development for years to come. Through a partnership between The Gervelis Law Firm, local businesses and the Mahoning ...

City council to consider long-delayed projects

YOUNGSTOWN — Bus shelters near Youngstown State University that were planned for a Fifth Avenue improvement project that finished in 2022 will be installed this summer, along with a Market Street bus pull-off that was supposed to be done in 2024. City council will consider legislation ...

Kovach indicted on charges of money laundering, fraud and theft

A Summit County grand jury indicted Brandon Kovach of Youngstown, who had planned to run for an Ohio House seat, on five felonies alleging he defrauded someone out of $410,000. Kovach said the reason he was indicted is “because I was planning to run for state rep.” A March 24 indictment ...

Former Braking Point owner gets probation

YOUNGSTOWN — The former owner of a local rehab facility will serve probation for felony domestic violence. An announcement from the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office states that Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney on Monday sentenced Ryan Sheridan, 45, to three ...

Girard officials explain upcoming changes to city’s garbage billing

GIRARD — Residents in the city have been receiving information about changes with the trash collection billing beginning with the first invoice in May. Safety Service Director Mark Ragozine said at a recent council meeting, a letter was sent to residents about changes to the city’s trash ...

Spectrum donation supports computer access initiative

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown is the second least digitally connected city in Ohio, and one local nonprofit organization and a lead provider of internet service are working to fix it. Pat Kerrigan, director of the Oak HIll Collaborative, said on Friday that the city ranks only behind East ...