YOUNGSTOWN – More than $900,000 worth of equipment for an all-inclusive playground project at Ipe Park is sitting in storage while the city coordinates the work. Clemate Franklin, the city’s parks and recreation director, said the equipment, which cost $901,198, “is currently being ...
YOUNGSTOWN – SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC lost three of its customers and reconnected one, leaving the troubled steam heat company that services most of downtown with even more financial uncertainty. SOBE receiver John C. Collins and Michael Moran, the company’s attorney, said the utility has 19 remaining customers after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted significant emergency rate increases June 24 in an attempt to provide SOBE with stability. The rate increases have failed to generate revenue to help the company, Collins and Moran said. The PUCO approved the ...
Ohio’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has responded to more than 1 million calls, text messages, and online chats since launching in July 2022, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday. The recent achievement highlights the importance of accessible, 24/7 crisis support for Ohioans and ...
Three Mahoning Valley schools will be watching the Ohio Department of Transporation's Facebook page to see if they have won this year’s District 4 title for best painted snowplow. The program, through ODOT, has schools across the state seeking the title of best snowplow. The program is over ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Two people were shot at a South Side bar on Sunday. The Youngstown police report provides few details other than that police responded to a shooting call at a Poland Avenue bar about 3:45 a.m. On the way to the scene, officers were told that a man had been shot in the left arm and was already en route to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment. When police arrived at the bar, they found a woman on a couch, with a gunshot wound to the left side of her neck. She also was taken to St. Elizabeth for treatment. The report does not state the condition of ...
NILES -- For the 14th year, students from Hubbard High School's Future Educators of America traveled to Niles for their annual Art Day with Fairhaven School students. Fairhaven principal Dr. Michelle Ocilka-Yeckle has continued the tradition from her predecessors, Rosanne Morell and Sandra ...
