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NAACP wants elections board to move to Cobbin building

YOUNGSTOWN — The president of the NAACP Youngstown/Mahoning County Branch wants the county board of elections to move to the W.J. Cobbin Office Tower on the city’s North Side, but the board’s director said the facility doesn’t meet its needs. In a Monday letter to the board, James Brown, the NAACP local president, wrote Cobbin Tower, where the organization is headquartered, “deserves serious consideration. Based on the information available, the facility appears to satisfy the board’s stated specifications while also offering substantial benefits to the citizens of Mahoning ...

Man pleads guilty to aggravated robbery and kidnapping

YOUNGSTOWN — James Blackwell, 26, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated robbery with a gun specification and two counts of kidnapping in a Nov. 3, 2025, incident in Youngstown in which he was accused of walking up to a car and telling a woman he was going to kill her if she did not give him ...

McGuffey Day returns for once-in-a-century celebration

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — On Saturday, McGuffey Centre organizers will revive McGuffey Day, a signature community tradition, as part of the center’s centennial celebration. The event will take place 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown. McGuffey Day will be more than an anniversary celebration. It will be a community homecoming bringing together generations of former campers, athletes, employees, volunteers, neighborhood families and supporters while celebrating the children and families McGuffey serves today. “Reviving McGuffey Day is about ...

Boy, 6, who walked away from home Friday found 2 hours later

YOUNGSTOWN — A boy, 6, walked away from his home on Lansdowne Boulevard at a little after 7 p.m. Friday, leading to a search by law enforcement officers from Youngstown, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and its aviation unit and others. The boy emerged from the woods near Thorn Hill Road about two hours later in good health and was taken home. It’s not clear how far away the boy traveled, as the addresses on Lansdowne and Thorn Hill were not given in the police report. The boy’s mother called 911 to say that she had discovered that her son was missing from the residence and she ...

Liberty police issue lookout request for ATV driver

LIBERTY — Township police are looking for a suspect in a Saturday morning chase that ended with the vehicle entering a wooded area out of reach. According to a police report, an officer was exiting state Route 11 onto Tibbetts Wick Road, when he noticed a dark-colored side-by-side ATV traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed, noting that there were multiple vehicles in the area and the driving was extremely reckless. The officer began to try and catch up with the ATV and initiate a traffic stop, noting that it began to pull onto Pleasant Valley Road and continue ...

Cemetery tour honors the past

YOUNGSTOWN — When Oak Hill Cemetery is mentioned, it’s easy to reflexively and initially think of the Wick, Tod, Pollack, Stambaugh and other influential families who shaped much of the city’s early history. Nevertheless, mixed among the movers and shakers buried in the historic South ...