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Mahoning County funding tops $94M for 2026 operations

YOUNGSTOWN — The Board of Mahoning County Commissioners will approve appropriations for the 2026 budget at next week’s meeting, with an expected increase of about $2.3 million. Office of Management and Budget Director Jenn Pangio said she expects commissioners will allocate a total of ...

Global search set to replace Louis Zona at helm of Butler Art Institute

YOUNGSTOWN — Executive director is Louis A. Zona’s official title at the Butler Institute of American Art, but one of his favorite roles in his 44 years at the museum is missionary. “It’s the art. My ability to share these artistic ideas and art historical subjects, I just love doing ...

Middle school students win festival award for film on dating abuse

YOUNGSTOWN — Chaney Middle School Principal Michael Sauner says the dating-abuse issues in the short film Chaney students made this year are not only important for their well-being but relevant because dating abuse happens among kids in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. “At this age ...

City woman indicted on protection order charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Valerie Ross, 40, of Miller Avenue on Youngstown’s South Side was indicted Thursday on two counts of violating a protection order. If she were to be convicted of the charges, she could get two years in prison. Others indicted Thursday are: ● Jeffrey L. Brown Jr., 33, East ...

Boardman police blotter

Boardman Police activity reported Nov. 25 to Dec. 3: Dec. 3, 12:58 a.m. Bernard Moore, 31, 2736 Hudson Ave., Youngstown, was arrested during a traffic stop on Market Street on a Mercer County, Pa., failure to appear warrant. 3:46 a.m. A 17-year-old Boardman girl was arrested at a ...