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Mahoning County gets $440K state grant to prevent infant mortality

The Ohio Commission on Minority Health awarded $440,000 to Mahoning County Public Health for its program to help prevent infant mortality and improve birth outcomes. The county’s Pathway Community HUB Model connects certified community health workers with high-risk mothers and coordinates ...

On the record: Girard

WHAT: City council meeting Monday PRESENT: Reynald Paolone, John Moliterno, Thomas Grumley, James Clark, Tod Latell, Lily Martuccio, Wes Steiner and Mayor Mark Zuppo ABSENT: Keith Schubert Council: • Approved committee chairman appointments: Moliterno to finances and lakes; Latell to ...

Murder trial for two men opens in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Kyle Hilles told jurors Tuesday that the case against Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 23, was built upon a dispute between Carter and the man he allegedly killed Jan. 24, 2025, Resean Graham, 42, over a home on Griselda Avenue on the ...

High honors for YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has been awarded the prestigious Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national recognition, for demonstrating a strong, ongoing commitment to meaningful, sustainable and vibrant partnerships with the Mahoning Valley ...

Testimony begins today in murder trial

YOUNGSTOWN — It took the whole day, but a jury was seated Monday in the murder trial of Kenneth L. Carter, 35, and Terry Hopkins, 23. They are accused in the Jan. 24, 2025, killing of Resean Graham, 42, on Griselda Avenue on the South Side. Carter is accused of murder and a gun ...

McDonald mayor recaps 2025, looks ahead

McDONALD — Mayor Ray Lewis said the village saw improvements to the parks, roads and other areas of the community in 2025, while officials also dealt with declining revenue after the closing of McDonald Steel in 2023. Lewis said at his state of the village address last week at the first ...