YOUNGSTOWN — State Rep. Lauren McNally, a Youngstown Democrat, and Canfield City Council President Christine Oliver, a Republican, have filed to run for the open Mahoning County commissioner’s seat while two GOP contenders decided not to run. County Recorder Richard S. Scarsella of ...

LIBERTY — The upcoming months look to be important for the township’s police department, as police officials will be looking for the support of residents for funding in 2027. Trustees approved placing a 2.5-mill additional police levy on the May 5 ballot at a special meeting last week, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Arguing SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s receiver “failed to provide necessary and adequate steam service” to downtown Youngstown and “inexplicably” blamed its customers for the problems, city lawyers requested permission to intervene in the utility’s court case. A ...

LORDSTOWN — With a 180-day moratorium put in place last month by village council on any new data centers, the new moratorium committee is looking to gain information and hear from experts in addressing the centers. Councilman Mark McGrail, who serves as chairman of the new moratorium ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A person driving on Interstate 680 about 7 a.m. Friday saw a man wearing a Carhartt jacket lighting a house on fire on Roy Street on the West Side. A Youngstown police report states that officers and Youngstown firefighters responded to Roy Street and extinguished the fire on ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney last week ordered that Clyde E. Hudson Jr., 40, spend several months at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare in Massillon to determine if he is restorable to competency to stand trial in the Feb. 26, 2025, ...