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Wrongful death settlement to cost Youngstown $2.5M

By DAVID SKOLNICK Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown has a $2.5 million settlement in place to be paid over six years to the executor of an estate in a wrongful death lawsuit with the city having to cover the entire amount and not through insurance. City council has to sign off on the settlement with the legislation in front of its members Wednesday and then it has to be finalized by the board of control. If the case had gone to trial, a decision against the city could have put it in serious financial jeopardy with it unable to use statutory immunity as a defense. The city ...

Older men dominate county suicide stats

YOUNGSTOWN — Thursday marked World Suicide Prevention Day, and officials in Mahoning County took the opportunity to raise awareness of how the issue impacts local residents. Duane Piccirilli, Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board executive director, said the county has seen 24 suicides in 2026 so far, roughly on pace with the 36 total suicide deaths last year. The most persistent trend in the numbers is that men, mostly those age 50 and over, still represent a disproportionate number of suicides in the county — roughly 79%. “We’re looking at trends and trying ...

Home is where help is

YOUNGSTOWN — Many people fondly remember Blood, Sweat & Tears as a popular jazz/rock group from the late 1960s and early 1970s, though for Jodi Glass, the three nouns mean something nonmusical but no less special. “There are so many people to thank, so many years of planning, dreaming, ...

Suspect in fight grabs Boardman cop’s Taser, police say

BOARDMAN — An Austintown man is accused of grabbing an officer’s Taser while fighting with police during a traffic stop Tuesday. A Boardman police report states officers found a stolen handgun beneath Wilburn Floyd Jones, 37, during the struggle. Police used a Taser on Jones twice before ...

Local news briefs from Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Girard

Bikeway in park to close Mill Creek MetroParks will temporarily block off a section of the MetroParks Bikeway beginning Monday to allow for improvements and resurfacing. The MetroParks Bikeway will be closed from Silica Road to County Line Road as well as access to the bikeway at Ohltown Road and Webb Road for the duration of the project. Park officials said the improvement project will help maintain and enhance the trail for future use and will include milling of the existing asphalt surface, installation of a new asphalt overlay, placement of topsoil along the shoulders, and ...

McDonald residents request moratorium for data centers

McDONALD — While the village’s planning/zoning commission and Solicitor Doug Ross have been working on zoning ordinances that would deal with regulations for data centers, village residents want council to put a moratorium on the facilities. Nearly 100 people gathered at the McDonald High School auditorium Wednesday. The meeting location was moved to accommodate the expected large crowd who wanted to voice their concerns about a data center possibly locating at the former McDonald Steel property off Ohio Avenue. Mayor Ray Lewis said they want to hear first from Oppidan ...