CANFIELD — The Cardinal Joint Fire District Board of Directors filled a full-time spot earlier this week with the swearing in of firefighter / paramedic Sam Kanagy, who served one year as a part-timer. “I like it here. You’re treated right,” he said. “I hope to be here for a while. ...

YOUNGSTOWN — St. Dominic Catholic Church, 77 E. Lucius Ave., invites the community to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Dia de Reyes, on Sunday following the afternoon Mass, which begins at noon. The family-friendly celebration commemorates the visit of the three kings ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The East Branch Library of The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, which was scheduled to reopen Monday following an improvement project, will remain closed an additional week and will reopen Jan. 12. Library officials said the additional time is needed to ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a brief synopsis of the top 10 stories from The Vindicator as chosen by the newspaper staff. Compiled by Metro Editor Marly Reichert It was a year of disasters, scandals, political surprises and honors in the Mahoning Valley, and The Vindicator was there to cover it ...

A winter weather advisory is in effect for Mahoning and Trumbull counties until 7 a.m. Thursday. Forecasters call for 3 to 5 inches of new snow in Mahoning County and 3 to 6 inches of snow in Trumbull County. Wind gusts as high as 35 mph are expected. The National Weather Service also ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Democratic Party plans to appoint a successor to Anita Davis to represent Youngstown’s 6th Ward on city council at a Jan. 26 meeting. Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Chris Anderson said two weeks ago that he had concerns about getting a quorum of ...