YOUNGSTOWN — A jury found Dustin L. Ruiter, 50, guilty Thursday on all 67 sex charges he faced in a trial in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court over four days. Jury deliberations took two hours. Ruiter was convicted of 33 counts of rape — 21 of them involving the forcible rape of one girl ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A North Bloomfield man is set to appear in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson next week, following allegations that he threatened supporters of President Donald Trump and customs enforcement agents online. Charles Bronson Ingram, 47, is facing a federal charge of ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A discussion about Statehouse property tax bills turned tense at Thursday’s Mahoning County commissioners meeting. State Rep Lauren McNally, D-Youngstown, addressed commissioners during the public comment period of the meeting to share information about some small-scale ...

Republican state legislators who represent the Mahoning Valley spent the second half of 2025 building their campaign accounts for reelection bids in November. State Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, raised $211,520 between July 1 and Dec. 31, the most among any state legislator representing the ...

CANFIELD — The city manager informed Canfield City Council this week of a surge in waterline breaks. “We experienced 13 breaks during the cold snap,” said manager David D’Apolito. “A couple of those were back to back.” He said the crews would make a repair to one section, only ...

WARREN — Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean O’Brien, Assistant Prosecutor Mike Burnett and the family of Brenda Hibbard of Niles acknowledge that Wayne S. Keeley, 63, of Weathersfield, had not been in trouble with the law before he was charged with causing Hibbard’s death in ...