YOUNGSTOWN — With six children, five of whom have special needs, Jessica Blankenship and her husband, Mark, know about medical costs, in the form of money and time. “Every child deserves the best opportunity to be the best version of themselves,” she said. “As parents, it’s our ...

Kool & the Gang, founded by Youngstown natives Robert “Kool” Bell and his younger brother Ronald Bell, will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The inductees for 2024 were revealed during Sunday’s episode of “American Idol.” They will be joined by Mary J. ...

YOUNGSTOWN – Ella Dill envisions herself one day becoming a lawyer, but for now, a verdict has already been rendered: She’s guilty of loving to dance. “I began taking classes at Ballet Western Reserve when I was a freshman and when some people found out that I did dance, they ...

HOWLAND — With Norman Rockwell’s idealized paintings of Boy Scouts in the background, 100 supporters gathered inside the Medici Museum of Art in Howland to support Sight For All United in its first Mad Hatter Tea Party social event. The event was organized around a theme taken from ...

CANFIELD — One-year-old Jamir Perkins of Youngstown smiled as he idled by balloons and checkered flags, anxious to drive out of the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center. His mother Anita described him as outgoing and said he will be “having fun riding around in the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Craig Washington, 31, was arraigned Monday on charges of felonious assault and misdemeanor domestic violence and reckless operation in connection with a Saturday incident on Commerce Street downtown in which he is accused of injuring a woman with his car. According to a ...