Staff report WARREN — The 11th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed the conviction and sentence of former Warren police officer Michael Edwards Jr., who is serving a sentence of 34 to 39 years in prison for raping two women and committing 13 other offenses. On Tuesday, the Ohio ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A fetus was found at the Youngstown Wastewater Treatment plant on Wilson Avenue Tuesday night, but Youngstown police say they believe it was the result of a miscarriage. Detectives have contacted local medical providers to ask if they know of any miscarriages in recent days, a ...

NILES — The Niles Senior Center was packed Wednesday with residents, including some carrying signs protesting the construction of a potential data center in the city. Before Wednesday’s regular meeting, city officials heard from Paul Hanson, a senior project manager for Bitdeer, a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley received some help to participate in America250-Ohio festivities. “A Celebration of Change Makers and Their Communities” received an Ohio History Fund grant Wednesday afternoon at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, also known as the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Members of Youngstown City Council peppered the administration with questions and criticism about a request to spend $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for an industrial park site and then refused to consider it. Council members on Wednesday repeatedly expressed ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The longest-serving common pleas court judge in Mahoning County’s history is retiring next year, and three local attorneys will vie for the seat. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, a Republican who is also the longest-serving elected official in the county, came to the bench in 1991. ...