The ATHENA Award Dinner, hosted by the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber and The Vindicator, celebrates women who demonstrate exceptional professional achievement, community service and dedication to mentoring future women leaders. Now in its 33rd year, the program is one of the ...

YOUNGSTOWN – City council will consider legislation Wednesday to spend up to $130,000 for a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term financial viability of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, the troubled downtown utility company. The legislation, sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell, ...

AUSTINTOWN — Officials have formally identified the man killed in a Wednesday shooting in Austintown. A press release from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office on Thursday states that St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital informed the coroner just after 8 a.m. Wednesday of the death of ...

The YMCA of Youngstown received a $1 million state brownfield remediation grant, while two projects in Warren received a combined $935,520 for improvement work. The three projects were among 160 receiving funding Thursday through the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Brownfield ...

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees took a close look at the three bids submitted for the addition of three bays to the maintenance facility on Messerly Road, and all three came in much higher than expected. They included Hively Construction of Canfield, with a bid of $744,000; J. Herbert ...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — While recent data center talks have mostly been centered around their city counterpart, one official noted proactivity as part of the reason for a moratorium approved several months ago. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, Trustee Jason Tedrow discussed the moratorium ...