STRUTHERS — Maplecrest Nursing Home hosted a hot dog drive-thru fundraising event Thursday to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2026 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. “All the proceeds are going to the Alzheimer’s Association,” Tiffany Crane, admission coordinator for Maplecrest, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Robert C. Powell, 25, of North Carolina, who was working in the Youngstown area when he struck a car in the intersection of U.S. Route 422 and North Hubbard Road in Coitsville Township, killing its driver, was sentenced recently to 5 to 7 1/2 years in prison. Powell gets credit ...

Austintown Police activity reported July 9-16: July 16, 2:28 a.m. — Dustin J. Ortiz-Duley was arrested at 5 N. Edgehill Ave. on a criminal damaging warrant. 1:43 a.m. — Trevonn D. Johnson was arrested at 981 Compass West on a burglary charge. July 15, 3:12 p.m. — Valdino Marion ...

AUSTINTOWN — The defense and prosecution agreed Wednesday that Laronda Mitchell is not competent to stand trial, so she will be taken to Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, a state mental hospital in Massillon, to attempt to restore her to competency to stand trial. Mitchell, 39, of South ...

YOUNGSTOWN — An effort failed to get loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy to help downtown Youngstown businesses get off of SOBE Thermal Energy System LLC’s steam heat system, so an option with a local lending institution and the state treasurer is possible. Zach Prouty, ...

River Rock at the Amp will have a roof this weekend. Sunrise Entertainment, promoter of the outdoor concert series at the Warren Community Amphitheatre, will move Saturday’s show featuring the Michael Jackson tribute Who’s Bad and Bruno Mars tribute Uptown Funk to Packard Music Hall, 1703 ...