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 ...

AUSTINTOWN — An Austintown man was indicted Thursday in the death of a local woman killed in a hit-skip crash in March. A Mahoning County grand jury indicted James Stehura, 49, of Wedgewood Drive, on one count of reckless homicide, one count of leaving the scene of an accident and one ...

The Republican Senate Campaign Committee gave $452,587 to the campaign of state Sen. Sandra O’Brien — almost half of it during the final two weeks of the GOP primary — to help her turn back the challenge of state Rep. Mike Loychik. In-kind contributions totaling $197,971 went to ...

MINERAL RIDGE — The Ohio Department of Transportation awarded a $460,000 grant to make pedestrian improvements to a section of state Route 46 near Mineral Ridge High School. The project between Stewart and Seaborn streets will be done in 2027, according to Matt Bruning, ODOT ...