GIRARD — With a section removed that would have allowed the mayor to give time off to police officers without prior negotiations, city council on Monday voted 6-0 on a new two-year contract for police sergeants and captains. Members of council last week expressed concerns that Mayor Mark ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ryan P. Sheridan, the former Braking Point Recovery Center owner charged with kidnapping in an Oct. 23 incident in Austintown, has a hearing at 3 p.m. Wednesday to determine whether the kidnapping allegations are a violation of Sheridan’s federal probation. U.S. District ...

CANFIELD — As a fundraiser for the Canfield Historical Society, vintage-style Christmas cards and downtown prints are being offered at the society’s Bond House, 44 W. Main St. The cards were hand-printed using the vintage Mahoning Dispatch printing presses. “We started this project back ...

Staff report U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced a bill to ensure Supplemental Security Income recipients don’t lose or have their benefits reduced when they receive settlement payments after a tragedy such as the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine. Cosponsored with U.S. ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A man and woman reported being awakened in an apartment at the University Edge Apartments on Lincoln Avenue near Youngstown State University at 6:40 a.m. Sunday to an armed intruder wearing a ski mask and a “puffy coat” in the bedroom. The intruder was ...

A Mahoning Valley-based nonprofit will provide $3,000 worth of emergency food assistance to veterans in the Mahoning Valley. According to a news release, the Cover Down Fund received a donation from John J. Cafaro, which will allow both the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission and ...