YOUNGSTOWN — Work is ongoing at a long-vacant building near the Youngstown State University campus to open under the Pogo’s Pub name, which was used several years ago. The city’s design review committee on Tuesday approved requested exterior improvements to 214 W. Rayen Ave., where the ...

AUSTINTOWN — Police may have the advantage in a cold case after receiving a state grant. On Monday, the Austintown Police Department informed trustees that it had received a $24,900 Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Genetic Genealogy Grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. Lt. ...

COLUMBUS — The Mahoning Valley has become the hot spot in Ohio for human trafficking arrests, according to a new report from state Attorney General Dave Yost. The report, titled “The Drivers of Demand” and commissioned by Yost, provides a first-ever look at sex buyers arrested in Ohio ...

LORDSTOWN — Saying they want to be prepared in case a business seeks a permit that would utilize small mobile reactors or battery energy storage systems, village council on Monday approved a 180-day moratorium on such permits. Council approved first readings of two motions for the moratorium ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was charged with a minor misdemeanor of open dumping Monday morning after officers went to his home on South Whitney Avenue on the West Side for a dumping complaint. The report states that the officer has received multiple complaints about the man dumping items over the ...

WARREN — A possible location for the next Trumbull County 911 Center was introduced to the Trumbull County Commissioners two weeks ago at the Kent State University at Trumbull campus in Champion. Each commissioner on Tuesday noted the KSU location as a promising site for the dispatch ...