YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Commissioner Geno DiFabio said Tuesday that Clarence “Sonny” Smith and his family donated “a lot of property in Boardman where the Government Center is. They donated the new Smith Wellness Center.” The wellness center is a place for first responders in ...

CORNERSBURG — It was a banner year for the staff and clients of Yellow Brick Place as the agency celebrated its first decade of supporting those in the fight against cancer. “We opened at Brandywine Plaza in Cornersburg on Sept. 12, 2015,” said YBP Executive Director Kathleen Moliterno. ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Attorneys for Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 39, have exchanged filings with prosecutors in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court leading up to Carter’s and Hopkins’ Jan. 12 murder trial. On Nov. 25, attorneys Frank Cassese and Dave Betras filed motions to dismiss ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A man suffered a gunshot wound to his left side inside of a shed behind a house on Cabot Street on the West Side about 12:20 p.m. Friday, but a woman who lived there said she did not know him. When an officer spoke to the victim, the victim changed his story several times and ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A cash lending and pawn shop company purchased the former Rite Aid building at 540 E. Midlothian Blvd. for $1.35 million. FCFS Ohio Inc., the Ohio subsidiary of First Cash Financial Services, purchased six parcels totaling 1.6 acres on the city’s Southeast side Dec. 19 from ...

Staff report NILES — The public has made their decision for the winners of the annual Festival of Trees at the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Museum in Niles. Belinda Weiss, museum director, said voting ended last week. She said first-place went to the General Federation of ...