YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday to give a 15-year, 100% tax exemption and allow the financing of energy upgrades through a special assessment to the former 13-story downtown Mahoning National Bank Building undergoing an $18.5 million improvement project. The ...

HUBBARD — Council President Michael Mogg said Mayor Ben Kyle will be out of commission for “quite a while” after he and other family members were involved in a crash on New Year’s Day while vacationing in the Bahamas. Mogg, who became acting mayor Friday night after receiving a text ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Jordan C. Holt, 20, of Boardman, was sentenced Monday to one year of probation and no prison time after pleading guilty to attempted felonious assault, a third-degree felony. He was indicted on two rape counts that could have resulted in a long prison sentence if ...

BOARDMAN — Multiple residents have reported fraud on their credit cards or bank accounts since Jan. 1, having been bilked collectively out of roughly $10,000. On Friday, a resident in the 200 block of Indianola Road reported that a Citizens Bank check she had written for $40 on Dec. 22 was ...

LORDSTOWN — Village council passed as an emergency an ordinance that places a 180-day moratorium on the granting of any new permits for future data centers in the community. More than 50 people attended a public hearing Monday that allowed for citizen input before council’s vote. Council ...

Although the Salvation Army in both Trumbull and Mahoning counties were short of reaching their goals for the red kettle campaigns in November and December, organizers said it was a successful collection season. Captain John Esker of the Trumbull County Salvation Army said its kettle campaign ...