YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged with rape failed to fire his court-appointed lawyer Tuesday. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio rejected a motion by Damaris T. Grant to terminate defense attorney Mark Lavelle. In the same hearing, Grant rejected a plea agreement offer from ...

GIRARD — Wanting to make use of the Girard Lakes property, city officials are considering adding a mountain bike trail to the area and plan to visit next month a similar trail at Lake Milton. Girard resident Tonya Carpenter, who works for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, told city ...

Staff report Provisional data from the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting six traffic fatalities over the four-day Memorial Day Weekend — the lowest number in 18 years. This year’s reporting period began on Friday and continued through Monday. During the reporting period, troopers ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Press Club has awarded $16,000 in scholarships, comprised of a $4,000 scholarship to each of four students, all of them enrolled at universities in Ohio and majoring in journalism or a related field. Scholarship recipients are Joslyn DelSignore of ...

LIBERTY — A Youngstown woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend is set to return to court June 17 on her charges. Takayla James, 24, faces charges of felonious assault and domestic violence in Girard Municipal Court. According to a police report, Liberty officers were dispatched to St. ...

Staff and wire report WASHINGTON — About 80 of 247 spellers competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee were eliminated in the first round Tuesday, including two local champions from the Mahoning Valley. Genevieve Ramey, an eighth-grade student from Lincoln PK-8 School in Warren, ...