YOUNGSTOWN — Phillip Lawrence, 46, of West Ravenwood Avenue, pleaded guilty Thursday to a fourth-degree felony arson for setting a fire Jan 11 in a temporary Campbell Police Department holding cell. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney sentenced Lawrence to two years of ...

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees received an update Thursday on a nuisance property at 4055 Fairway Drive that included the recent results of a lawsuit. The issue on the Fairway property dates back to 2021. Canfield Zoning Inspector Traci DeCApua said the abatement process began that ...

CANFIELD — On Saturday, members of the Mahoning Valley Amateur Radio Association (MVARA) began their annual 24-hour event known as Field Day, which features local amateur radio operators who are working off generators or solar power. “We will be putting the Mahoning County Emergency ...

NILES — Author Paul Rohrbaugh of New Middletown first became aware of the McKinley National Birthplace Memorial when he needed to draft a fourth-grade report about a United States president. “I was awestruck by the white marble building in the middle of Niles and that motivated me to ...

125 Years Ago, 1901transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “At Idora. The program for the Fourth of July has been announced. A record breaker in point of attendance and the number of people who will go there is promised.” “Manager Robert T. Ivory, manager of ...

Muralist Patrick McGlone, owner of Overall Painting Co. of Youngstown, spray paints latex masonry primer Thursday morning on the brick facade of the Purple Cat Disco Garden at 107 W. Federal St. in downtown Youngstown. McGlone’s work is part of the “Layers of Legacy,” a mural on the ...