HUBBARD — While one of the city’s water facilities has passed its EPA inspection, officials will have more work to do because of a new mandate. As part of his report at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, Councilman Jerome Crowe, D-at Large, serving as president pro tem while ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Three women accused of operating illicit massage parlors in Beaver and Springfield townships in 2024 entered guilty pleas Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and received probationary sentences. Aixin Cheng, 54, of Virginia, pleaded guilty to a high-level felony of ...

POLAND — Village council had a light agenda on Tuesday, but did make a move toward forming committees to handle some of the tasks for 2026. Three committees need to be put together, including a committee on helmets for electric bikes and scooters, a committee for grants and a final one for ...

POLAND TOWNSHIP — Michael Romeo from Tactical Solutions / PrimeNet addressed trustees at their January meeting regarding security. The company is upgrading the township systems to meet Ohio standards for government buildings. “Our goal is to catch the township up on technology,” Romeo ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Terry Hopkins, 23, and Kenneth Carter, 35, were both released from the Mahoning County jail Tuesday after a jury found both men not guilty earlier Tuesday of murder and a gun specification in the Jan. 24, 2025, shooting death of Resean Graham, 42, in a home on ...

LORDSTOWN — Members of the village’s Board of Public Affairs are in the process of moving to a new location at the former Lordstown Library. Chris Peterson, chairman of the BPA board, said at Tuesday’s village council meeting the move will take the office from the administration ...