WHAT: Board of education February meeting PRESENT: Katie Berdis, Fred Marcum, Harold Porter, Don Sherwood and Kim Smrek The board: • Approved the January monthly financial report and the forecast report. • Approved a donation of $100 from the Kuchert Family to the Fitch Concert Choir ...

YOUNGSTOWN — For the second time in a week, a mistrial was declared in a Youngstown murder trial. The latest took place in the trial of Danyo Sellers, 19, in the April 15, 2023, shooting death of Amya Monserrat, 15, outside Martha’s Boulevard Tavern on Southern Boulevard. The trial ...

BOARDMAN — Trustees are closing in on a replacement for their ailing township administrator. Jason Loree has been battling polycystic kidney disease for years now and the illness has brought him to a critical juncture. It is so unlikely he will be able to continue in the role that the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio does not oppose Youngstown’s motion to intervene in the court case involving SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s receivership, but wants a judge to reject the city’s cross-claim against the beleaguered utility company. In a response ...

By BRANDON CANTWELL Staff writer LIBERTY — Akiva Academy representatives hope to continue under one charter, as they requested the Liberty Board of Education release property partially within the district. On Monday, board members heard from Melissa Bateman, the Youngstown Area Jewish ...

GIRARD — City officials will pursue $175,000 in grants for a proposed synthetic ice rink and curling area for David Tod Memorial Park. “They are expensive, but we have talked about an ice rink at the park before. This is something we can’t afford to do on our own,” Mayor Mark Zuppo ...