YOUNGSTOWN — After much discussion in public and behind closed doors, city council set a Feb. 20 deadline to accept letters of interest and resumes from those interested in filling the vacant 6th Ward seat. Those who have already contacted council members about the open seat will have to ...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Trustees on Tuesday voted 2-1 to approve a resolution placing a one-year moratorium on data centers entering the township. Trustee Monica Baker abstained without giving a reason. Trustee Jason Tedrow said officials had the township zoning commission put in a request to ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The U.S. Marshal’s Service has identified the man who was shot by members of U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at a home in the 200 block of Galluppi Drive in Coitsville on Feb. 5 as John Doyle, 75. A news release states that Doyle was wanted by the ...

AUSTINTOWN — The township will soon have a new way to respond to emergencies, with greater speed and safety for all concerned. Austintown Fire Department is one of nine agencies across Ohio selected for the Drone First Responder Pilot Program, a collaborative effort by Drive Ohio and the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — After being convicted on all 67 sex charges at his trial last week, Dustin Ruiter, 51, was sentenced to 68 years in prison Wednesday, restoring the sentence Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony D’Apolito gave Ruiter in January of 2022 after Ruiter was convicted the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A jury deliberated a little over an hour in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court before returning not guilty verdicts Wednesday on all three charges brought against Robyn E. Johnson, 29, of Boardman. The verdict was reached Wednesday afternoon in the trial, which lasted almost ...