YOUNGSTOWN — A long-held dream for local artists became a reality Sunday as LOOP Youngstown Arts & Culture officially dedicated its new home at 805 Mahoning Ave., creating a permanent space where artists can work, collaborate, teach, perform and share their talents with the ...

Staff report NORTH LIMA — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an airplane crash at Youngstown Elser Airport. The crash happened around 12:25 p.m. Saturday. A 2010 Lance Air ES-P had taxied onto the runway and was applying speed in preparation for takeoff when the ...

WARREN — Jurors got a provocative summary of the aggravated murder trial of Ashuad D. Johnson, 19, during Monday’s opening statements from the prosecution and defense, and then got to see surveillance video of the episode to help them sort out the facts for themselves. Johnson was ...

Staff report Motorists nationwide continue to struggle with higher-than-normal gas prices, but the drain on pocketbooks is lessening, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Gas prices are 32 cents lower in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.144 per gallon. A year ago, a ...

LIBERTY — Police officials are looking to keep their promise to use the township’s 2.5-mill levy, which the community passed in May, to help with police staffing by bringing in some new faces. Township officials saw three new police officers join the department’s ranks on Monday, ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Simply Slavic, Ohio’s premier celebration of Slavic culture and heritage, has completed its first project funded through the Simply Slavic Cultural Preservation Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The project is the ...