Staff report A 41-year-old Mahoning County man has been sentenced to prison for possessing more than 2,700 images and videos of children being sexually abused and using social media to receive and distribute the files. Christopher Helmick, of Youngstown, has been sentenced to 23 years and 3 ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Mill Creek MetroParks will host the Youngstown Road Runners Club Mill Creek Distance Classic Half Marathon and 5 Mile Run on Sunday. To ensure the safety of participants and spectators, several roads will be temporarily closed to vehicles, cyclists and ...

MEDINA (AP) — Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling fireball that was seen from hundreds of miles away. The meteoroid broke apart around 9 a.m. ...

The sheriff’s departments in Mahoning and Trumbull counties were awarded state grants to combat illegal drug activity and promote substance use prevention and recovery. Mahoning is receiving $104,590 and Trumbull is getting $89,6267 from the RecoveryOhio Law Enforcement Fund and the Ohio ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Stacey Kennedy loves her job and remains highly dedicated to it, but she also is frustrated because she sometimes feels that she and some of her colleagues have been thrown under the bus. “They’re my children once they’re on my bus,” Kennedy, a six-year driver for the ...

WARREN — A two-hour session at BRITE Energy Innovators drew startup founders, small manufacturers and regional partners to learn about a $26 million state-backed program that officials say positions the Mahoning Valley to become a national leader in advanced manufacturing for defense and ...