YOUNGSTOWN — When she came to the Mahoning Valley about 17 months ago from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Madison Gregory brought little more than one suitcase and a $300 one-way plane ticket — but also a plate filled with stress and anxiety. “I cut ties with toxic relationships in my life. ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A Lisbon woman charged with stabbing a man in Sebring was among about a dozen people indicted last week by a Mahoning County grand jury. Ashley Hill-Birkhimer, 31, was indicted on a charge of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, after she was arrested in early February at ...

GIRARD — With Mark Ragozine named as Boardman Township’s new administrator last week, city council will decide at 7 p.m. today on a new safety service director to replace him. Girard Mayor Mark Zuppo has named resident Glenn Holmes to be the new safety service director and will ask council ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Harry Leith quickly drew a parallel between his military duties and helping to disassemble a display. “I was an aircraft mechanic and got the planes ready to fly for someone else; I didn’t fly them. These people needed help to move a display for the next exhibit,” ...

Congressman Dave Joyce, a Republican seeking his eighth term in the U.S. House, faces Niki Frenchko, a former Trumbull County commissioner, in the GOP primary with three Democrats running for that party’s nomination in the 14th District. Joyce, of Bainbridge, said he’s effective without ...

POLAND — No formal decision has been made about the Poland branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, but one appears imminent. The troubles facing the branch — structural problems, design flaws, starkly rising maintenance costs, safety and accessibility concerns — ...