YOUNGSTOWN — Seeding the minds of area residents, the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted its second annual Pollinator Palooza on Saturday at the district’s office. The free, family-friendly event offered information to create and care for a healthier environment ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Lane Custead had a few things to say upon being introduced to something with a rough exterior, but an easygoing and carefree attitude. “Well, its skin is very thick, and it’s very big, really big,” Lane, 6, of Meadville, Pa., said. “It’s pretty cool.” Lane and ...

GIRARD — High School band director David “D.J.” Colella is among more than 200 quarterfinalists for the 2027 Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. He is among five quarterfinalists from Ohio. He has been a teacher in Girard since 2015 and is a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Newton V. Murphy II, 41, of Leffingwell Road in Canfield, was indicted last week on charges of felonious assault and misdemeanor domestic violence in a Jan. 3 altercation in which Murphy is accused of throwing a woman against a wall, repeatedly banging her head off of the ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is calling on young conservationists to join a team of high school student leaders to form the next class of the Conservation Teen Advisory Council. This council allows students to peek behind the curtain of ODNR. Each month, members will go on a field ...

GIRARD — All across the infield at Girard’s Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, athletes were busy stretching, throwing mini javelins, heaving shot puts and prepping for individual races and relays. The 15th annual Special Olympics Invitational was about to get underway. The athletes began the ...