The YMCA of Youngstown received a $1 million state brownfield remediation grant, while two projects in Warren received a combined $935,520 for improvement work. The three projects were among 160 receiving funding Thursday through the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Brownfield ...

CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — Trustees took a close look at the three bids submitted for the addition of three bays to the maintenance facility on Messerly Road, and all three came in much higher than expected. They included Hively Construction of Canfield, with a bid of $744,000; J. Herbert ...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — While recent data center talks have mostly been centered around their city counterpart, one official noted proactivity as part of the reason for a moratorium approved several months ago. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, Trustee Jason Tedrow discussed the moratorium ...

Staff report Gov. Mike DeWine announced this week he will give his position soon on the enforcement of the death penalty in Ohio, which for nearly eight years has not been enforced because of the state’s inability to obtain lethal injection drugs. “Though the governor says he cannot ...

NILES — If you tell LaNae Ferguson and Ciara Penny they’re beautiful, the two Youngstown women likely will hope your compliment is more than skin deep. “A lot of what is deemed beauty can be lost in perfection, but beauty is best in its imperfections,” Ferguson, 24, who’s also ...

BOARDMAN — A local contractor convicted of theft and fraud is now facing similar legal troubles across the state line. A police report shows that John Bartos III, 43, of Boardman, convicted in 2024 of theft by deception in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana county courts, was arrested ...