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YSU students grant $2,000 to support single moms

YOUNGSTOWN — A group of students in Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration has awarded a $2,000 grant to the Clothed in Strength organization as part of a fall 2025 Pay It Forward Student Philanthropy initiative. Before selecting Clothed in Strength as ...

3rd murder suspect nabbed

YOUNGSTOWN — The last of three men indicted on aggravated murder in the Oct. 17, 2024, murder of Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, at a home on Bott Street on Youngstown’s East Side is now in custody. On Monday, Vincent Marbley, 61, of Youngstown, was booked into the Mahoning County jail. Jail ...

Developer interested in Salt Springs Business Park in city

YOUNGSTOWN — A developer is interested in a site on Exal Court in the Salt Springs Road Business Park, which is why the administration is asking city council to approve legislation to spend up to $1.95 million for sanitary sewer improvements for it. The request was the source of questions ...

Mountain bike trail may rise in Girard

GIRARD — City officials are considering adding a mountain bike trail in the city and plan to check out other trails to get a better sense of what works. Councilman Todd Latell, D-at Large, said at Monday’s council meeting he wants a meeting to discuss the idea. Creating a mountain bike ...

Man jailed after fracas on Hillman Street

YOUNGSTOWN — A 39-year-old man was taken to the Mahoning County jail Monday after an altercation on Hillman Street on Sunday night in which he is accused of asking another man if he could stay at his home a couple of nights, was refused and then broke in, assaulted the other man and ...

Woman injured in South Side shooting

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman with a gunshot wound was found at 3 a.m. Tuesday in a car in the 600 block of St. Louis Avenue on the South Side. A Youngstown police news release states that officers were sent to the 1000 block of Glenwood Avenue, which led to officers finding the woman in the 600 ...