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Youngstown firefighter arrested

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown firefighter Adaris Bellamy, a Howland resident, is on paid administrative leave from the city after his arrest on an aggravated menacing charge in Warren Township. City Law Director Lori Shells Simmons said Tuesday that Bellamy is on paid administrative leave with a ...

Judge finds man accused of robberies competent to stand trial

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge has found Samuel D. Arroyo competent to stand trial in an episode last summer when he is alleged to have robbed two couples in downtown Youngstown, one after the other. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin found Arroyo, 19, competent following a hearing ...

Clerk of courts office delivers late-arriving records to high court

YOUNGSTOWN — Jennifer Ciccone, chief deputy of the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts office, said she received confirmation Monday the Ohio Supreme Court has received the necessary court documents related to a murder appeal that were late in arriving. Sharon Kennedy, chief justice of the Ohio ...

Vinyl chloride manager told not to offer opinions on managing disaster

YOUNGSTOWN — With the Norfolk Southern train derailment civil trial in its third week, the focus of testimony Tuesday in U.S. District Court was Steve Smith, technical manager for OxyVinyls, the company that provided the five tankers of vinyl chloride that were vented and burned Feb. 6, 2023, ...

YNDC gets $1.1M from state

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received $1.1 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Development. The money will provide needed home repairs and accessibility modifications for homeowners who are at or below 50% of the area’s median income. The ...

On the record: Struthers

WHAT: City council meeting April 9. PRESENT: James Baluck, Richard Bayus, Dallas Bigley, Robert Burnside, Ronald Carcelli, Lori Gomon and Michael Patrick. ABSENT: Megan Pingley. Council: • Authorized the tax commissioner to charge off, close and dissolve uncollectible city income taxes ...