YOUNGSTOWN — Joan Firestine is old enough to remember the turbulent and triumphant times during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, but she fears such progress is being eroded and turned backward — and that once again, people must nonviolently fight back. “I marched in the Civil ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control signed off on paying $10,008 to the Mahoning County sheriff for costs associated with Youngstown’s purchase of the failed Chill-Can property. The board voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the payment related to the cost of the city obtaining the ...

NILES-- 7 17 Credit Union welcomed the community to Eastwood Field in Niles on Thursday with free admission to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers game, along with complimentary food and entertainment. The credit union reported the stadium was filled to capacity with approximately 6,000 people ...

AUSTINTOWN — The township’s bid for federal dollars for a sewer line was again rejected, but that does not mean the trustees’ trip to Washington, D.C., was unsuccessful. Austintown officials learned Thursday that their request for a $5.4 million Congressional Direct Spending grant ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Stephen M. Zitello, 34, of Youngstown was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty earlier to attempted felonious assault in an Aug. 13, 2024, incident in which he punched a man in the eye at a West Side home and caused an injury. Judge Maureen Sweeney ...

Staff report WARREN — A woman from Flushing, New York, made an appearance in court Thursday — a week after an arrest warrant was issued for failing to appear at her arraignment. Furong Li, 55, pleaded not guilty to charges of promoting prostitution, practicing medicine or surgery ...