CANFIELD — For many young children with mobility challenges, the ability to move independently can open an entire new world. Through the local Go Baby Go initiative, families in the Mahoning Valley discovered just how transformative that experience can be when children, families, care ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has announced the appointment of Christina Saenger, Ph.D., as the new dean of the Williamson College of Business Administration, effective April 1. Saenger has served as interim dean since July and brings extensive experience in academic leadership, ...

YOUNGSTOWN --- Eleven new Youngstown police officers took the oath of office Friday morning at the Covelli Centre Community Room. Beefing up the city’s safety forces is one of the priorities of new Mayor Derrick McDowell, far left. A new police chaplain, Rev. Vit Fiala, also was sworn ...

YOUNGSTOWN — On Feb. 23, Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney postponed the rape trial of Matthew Nicholson, 47, after his attorney, John Shultz, filed a motion asking for sanctions against the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office. The request came after Schultz ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City Council will consider Wednesday permitting the board of control to pay $272,000 to contractors hired to remove snow during the winter blizzards. The legislation gives the board authority to waive formal bidding and pay contractors for emergency snow removal that was ...

LIBERTY — Few individuals have a deep knowledge of the Belmont Park Cemetery like Ron Taylor. “It was opened up in 1913 — it was actually opened by a company, then the cemetery took it over in 1918,” said Taylor, the cemetery’s superintendent. “There was a fire there in the 1960s ...