YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved increasing the cost of two already-expensive projects — one that diverts sewage from the Mahoning River and the other that upgrades sections of two downtown streets. The board voted 3-0 Thursday to authorize change orders to the two ...

CAMPBELL — With Memorial Day approaching, plans are in the works to further honor five local veterans toward year’s end, a city official said. After Wednesday evening’s regular city council meeting, Councilwoman Mary Janek, D-3rd Ward, noted that the five Campbell veterans — Ensign S. ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Guy Burney, executive director of Youngstown’s Community Initiative to Reduce Violence, and Mayor Derrick McDowell are infusing some energy into the final preparations for this year’s HOPE Conference. The conference is the year’s biggest event to provide resources for ...

CANFIELD — A business owner who sought outside storage at his storage business will be allowed to do so after City Council on Wednesday approved an ordinance that will allow for a conditional use permit in a B-2 zoning district. The issue came up at the Jan. 12 meeting as a request from ...

YOUNGSTOWN — During a graduation ceremony this week for the Mahoning County Common Pleas Second Chance Offender Re-entry Court, Judge Anthony Donofrio outlined the philosophy of the program, which helps offenders reenter society after prison. “Growth is not perfection. No one expects you ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Axess Family Services Inc. Veteran’s Haven project at the intersection of West Warren Avenue and Hillman Street on the South Side is starting to take shape. The project may be best known for using steel shipping containers to create the frame for each of 14 veteran living ...