YOUNGSTOWN — Kurtis D. Townsend, 26, was sentenced last week to six to 7 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier to felonious assault with a firearm specification and notice of prior conviction in a Sept. 13, 2024, incident at an auto repair shop on South Avenue in which he shot an ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop in ...

The Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee elected Columbiana County GOP Chairman Dave Johnson as the state’s Republican National Committee male member. Johnson replaces Jim Dicke, who held the position since 2015 and said in February he was leaving the post. Johnson said: ...

Big & Rich and Bret Michaels will be the headliners for the grandstand concerts at this year’s Canfield Fair. Big & Rich will be joined by Diamond Rio for a Sept. 6 concert, and Michaels will close the festival on Labor Day, Sept. 7, with Donnie Iris & the Cruisers as his ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A county official has been named to a prestigious post on a national board that could give the Valley a louder voice. Mahoning County Engineer Patrick Ginnetti was elected as the Northeast Region Vice President of the National Association of County Engineers (NACE) at its ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County OVI Task Force, in collaboration with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, made eight OVI arrests during its sobriety checkpoint in the area of 1535 Mahoning Ave. from 10 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. In addition to OVI, there was one felony arrest for drug ...