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Downtown history from 1798 focus at Liberty library

LIBERTY — Several downtown Youngstown street names serve as a living archive of its journey from a frontier agricultural settlement to an industrial city. Many street names still reflect its founding era, for example, Market Street, Federal Street, Boardman Street and Front Street. ...

HOWMET AEROSPACE EXEC WINS 2026 ATHENA AWARD

The ATHENA Award Dinner, hosted by the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber and The Vindicator, celebrates women who demonstrate exceptional professional achievement, community service and dedication to mentoring future women leaders. Now in its 33rd year, the program is one of the region’s ...

City considers hiring law firm to investigate viability of SOBE

YOUNGSTOWN – City council will consider legislation Wednesday to spend up to $130,000 for a law firm to assess the functionality and long-term financial viability of SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, the troubled downtown utility company. The legislation, sponsored by Mayor Derrick McDowell, ...

Austintown shooting victim identified

AUSTINTOWN — Officials have formally identified the man killed in a Wednesday shooting in Austintown. A press release from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office on Thursday states that St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital informed the coroner just after 8 a.m. Wednesday of the death of ...

Central Y gets $1M grant for renovations

The YMCA of Youngstown received a $1 million state brownfield remediation grant, while two projects in Warren received a combined $935,520 for improvement work. The three projects were among 160 receiving funding Thursday through the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Brownfield ...

Canfield trustees tackle high bids, cable problem

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees took a close look at the three bids submitted for the addition of three bays to the maintenance facility on Messerly Road, and all three came in much higher than expected. They included Hively Construction of Canfield, with a bid of $744,000; J. Herbert ...