YOUNGSTOWN -- Work on the approximately $58 million Kilcawley Center renovation project on the Youngstown State University campus continues this week toward a fall 2027 completion. The university broke ground May 5, 2025, to modernize the well-known facility that was constructed in the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Board of Elections is considering a reduction in voting precincts, starting next year, because of issues recruiting enough poll workers and an eventual reduction in costs. With numerous people voting early, the strain on polling locations during elections is less than several years ago, said Tom McCabe, the board’s director. Also, with 212 precincts, the board of elections needs 848 poll workers for each election, and the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office wants 30% over that as backups, McCabe said. “We struggle with poll workers,” McCabe ...
STRUTHERS — After nearly three weeks in the hospital, a baby has died from injuries reportedly inflicted when a family friend shook him because he would not stop crying. Struther police detective Rich Craig said he was notified early Tuesday that Elijah Dennis, 5 weeks old, died at ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man will spend close to five years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Youngstown man on the South Side in September 2025. The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office announced the decision by Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s Tax Incentive Review Council recommended Youngstown council renew the six existing tax abatements, but because Penguin City Brewing Co. missed a June 2025 deadline to complete an expansion project, its abatement never took effect. The TIRC met Tuesday for its annual meeting and agreed to recommend city council continue six existing tax abatements. Those abatements have saved the businesses $445,394.56 in property taxes while they’ve paid $154,982.50 in property taxes as of 2025. Penguin City was approved in February 2025 for a 75%, 10-year tax abatement ...
LIBERTY — Brian Knight’s leadership of Liberty Local Schools will continue into 2030 as the district’s board of education OK’d a new deal at its Monday meeting. The board approved a five-year, 260-day contract for Knight, effective Aug. 1, 2027, through July 31, 2032, at an annual salary of $111,970. The contract states that Knight will receive a raise of no less than 1.25% in years two and three of the deal, and a 1% increase in year four. Knight, who previously served as the district’s high school principal for two years, was selected for superintendent in April 2024, ...
