YOUNGSTOWN — Closing arguments were given in the Kenneth Carter and Terry Hopkins murder trial Friday morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, but the jury went home Friday evening without reaching a verdict. The jury will resume deliberations Tuesday morning since Monday is the Martin ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Christina May of Youngstown said the killing of her son, Allen W. Pierce-May, 23, in January of 2024 has left an “empty place in our home and in our hearts that will never be filled.” She told Jules L. Freeman, 23, of New Philadelphia, who pleaded guilty last week to ...

KINSMAN — A local photographer’s work has been selected to adorn the walls of a Columbus hospital, which is scheduled to open in about a month. Rebecca Nieminen, owner of Storyteller Photography: Images by Rebecca, specializes in portraiture and fine art landscape and nature ...

The second course of the People’s Law School, a free legal education series for the public, begins in February. Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro, in partnership with the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, will present the seven-part series. Topics will include ...

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at TriYounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and ...

Marriage licenses granted Jan. 12 to 16 in Mahoning County: Carl Joseph Bates, 27, Salem, and Naomi Blu Trybend, 23, Salem Kolton Jared Smith, 28, North Lima, and Natalie Linn McClurg, 29, North Lima Nicholas George Kanos, 32, Youngstown, and Jennifer Lynn Peoples, 35, Youngstown Jason ...