Police investigate weekend homicide in Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Police Department is investigating a weekend shooting that left a man dead outside a South Side bar. A police report states the shooting happened before 3 a.m. Sunday after police received a call about gunfire in the area of East Lucius Avenue near South and Detroit avenues. A man, 20, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he later died. The police department’s detective division and crime lab and the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office are investigating. Police said there are no suspects at ...
DAV Chapter 2 continues mission to mobilize all veterans
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 2, is under full steam when it comes to mobilizing disabled veterans. Since the chapter’s wheelchair/scooter program began, more than 700 veterans have been given mobility through wheelchairs and scooters at no charge. On Oct. 23, 2024, Chapter 2 held a ribbon cutting at the Austintown Plaza. Prior to that, the wheelchair for veterans program worked out of a shed that cost the chapter $800 per year. The shed didn’t afford a great work area to repair and prepare the scooters and chairs for use. Now the chapter not only has a place to meet, but also ...
NFL suspends York, fines him $500,000 after trafficking arrest
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The NFL suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York for six games Friday following his arrest earlier this year in a prostitution sting in the Mahoning Valley. The league announced that York also was fined $500,000 for violating the league's personal conduct ...
‘Dying to Know’ seminar encourages planning to avert crisis
For most families, conversations about death, aging, funeral planning, probate, hospice care and end-of-life wishes are often postponed until circumstances force them to be addressed. A recent community event in Boardman sought to change that by creating a comfortable setting where people could ask difficult questions before they find themselves facing a crisis. Davis Becker Funeral Home hosted “Dying to Know,” a free community open house that brought together professionals from a wide range of fields connected to aging, caregiving and end-of-life planning. Representatives from ...
Anne Allen was first woman indicted for murder in Mahoning County
125 Years Ago, 1901, transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Murder in first degree the indictment returned against Anne L. Allen. First time in history of Mahoning County that such a count has been returned against a woman.” “Murder in the first degree. For the first time in the history of Mahoning County a grand jury has returned such an indictment against a woman. “Such a bill was found in the case of Mrs. Anne L. Allen, who is charged with the killing of her husband, James Allen, on August 7 of the present year. The indictment reads ...