Property transfers recorded Dec. 22 to 26 in Mahoning County and portions of Trumbull County: Austintown Cassie A. Waggoner to Jennifer Grimm, 2521 Bainbridge St., $160,000 Clayton W. Ellert Jr. to Peyton Olivia Ellert and Justin Alexander Kunkle, 3962 New Road, $175,000 Mickey ...

BOARDMAN — Later this month, detective Sgt. J.R. Jackson intends to step up to the plate, though he has no intention of getting a hit. Instead, he has every intention of being hit. “It’s all for a good cause,” Jackson, an officer with the Poland Township Police Department, said ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Two Youngstown firefighters voluntarily dropped a defamation lawsuit against Jamael Tito Brown, the former mayor, for remarks he made to The Vindicator characterizing them as being racist and making other disparaging statements — but the matter likely isn’t finished. That ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Members of the “Coffee with the Birds” program who meet at Mill Creek Park are among those local bird watchers who help with the annual bird counts reported to Cornell University and the Audubon Society. Emily Greve of Youngstown, a Mill Creek MetroParks educator, gathered ...

Marriage licenses granted Dec. 22 to 31 in Mahoning County: Mason Boano, 29, Boardman, and Elizabeth Lodge Stange, 30, Boardman Donald Ralph Whistler Jr., 49, New Springfield, and Nicole Anne Martin, 43, New Springfield David John Knarr, 56, Canfield, and Kara Lynn Hitchcock, 59, ...

WARREN — More and more automobile collectors want to donate their vintage Packard vehicles to the National Packard Museum. It’s a good problem to have, but it comes with a legitimate dilemma — where to store them? To accommodate its growing collection, the museum is planning a ...