Staff report YOUNGSTOWN – The city’s Christmas tree is up on Central Square. The tree was donated by Lloyd Mims and the Hyshaw family from a property on Catalina Avenue. Diamond Steel Construction assisted the city’s parks and recreation staff in removing and transporting the tree ...

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on. The punishment meted out by the Public ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With a change in administration six weeks away, city council rejected legislation to permit the board of control to enter into a contract with a marketing consultant and delayed a vote on creating the job of site development coordinator. Council voted 4-2 Wednesday against ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council agreed to allow the board of control to spend up to $33 million for final design and construction administration on building a facility as part of its major wastewater improvement project. Council voted 6-0 Wednesday on the legislation with Councilman Julius ...

AUSTINTOWN — Another hurdle has been cleared in the township’s fight to end problems at a business along South Four Mile Run Road. Zoning Inspector Darren Crivelli said the Austintown Zoning Commission, at an Oct. 30 hearing, approved a motion to rezone three parcels on that street to ...

VIENNA — With money and manpower getting tight for smaller townships, trustees welcomed a neighboring acting chief to talk about what potentially consolidating police services would look like for them. At Monday’s trustees meeting, Trustee Mike Haddle noted residents passed a 1.1-mill ...