EDITOR’S NOTE: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

BOARDMAN — While many Americans either traveled over the three-day weekend, had cookouts and enjoyed the unofficial start of summer, the 122nd annual Boardman Memorial Day service reminded its more than 100 attendees Monday morning that those good times are only made possible by those who ...

CAMPBELL — Gina Sferra vividly remembers when she was 6 and was among the children asked to line up in the family’s living room near the front door to say goodbye to a beloved relative who was leaving to fight in the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert G. Stanko never returned home, ...

WARREN — Astronaut Ron Parise grew up in Warren and played as a boy not far from where the Neil Armstrong First Flight Lunar Module replica sits today off Parkman Road. Parise’s contributions to space exploration are included at the module site as the Warren Heritage Center unveiled a new ...

If you go ... WHAT: Book signing by Steve Arnold for his autobiography “Born to Lead” WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Warren G. Harding High School cafetorium, 860 Elm Road NE, Warren HOW MUCH: Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Mahoning Valley ...

Bishop of Youngstown David J. Bonnar , right, released this statement in response to the pope’s encylclical: “With great joy and gratitude, I welcome Pope Leo’s newly released Encyclical on the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence. The document, titled ‘Magnifica ...