LISBON — A Boardman area contractor who deprived people of money and failed to do promised construction work in Columbiana County was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of community control by Judge Scott Washam for three counts of theft by deception on Friday. John P. Bartos, 41, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University students, alumni and former faculty ended the spring semester with a protest outside the president’s house. The protest, which included burning the honorary degree presented to actor and Youngstown native Ed O’Neill, came amid new policy ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The appointed judge hearing a complaint filed in Mahoning County Probate Court by deer supporters has asked Mill Creek MetroParks board commissioners to respond to 11 issues raised in the complaint. Among the issues is the allegation that the commissioners “have failed to ...

WEATHERSFIELD — Graphite One, the company that has proposed a $435 million plant here to produce synthetic graphite material crucial for making batteries for electric vehicles, is simultaneously working to open a natural graphite mine in Alaska. Material mined at the site on the Seward ...

A state treasurer’s office savings program that encourages homeownership in Ohio by offering increased interest savings rates is looking to expand. Legisla-tion will be introduced shortly — sponsored in the Ohio House by state Rep. Nick Santucci, R-Howland — to make the program ...

KENT — Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State University, and Kahler, a freshman, was among them. M1 rifle rounds hit the ground all around him. “And ...