YOUNGSTOWN — Seeding the minds of area residents, the Mahoning County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted its second annual Pollinator Palooza on Saturday at the district’s office. The free, family-friendly event offered information to create and care for a healthier environment ...

Gov. Mike DeWine said today he will appoint Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, as the state’s next attorney general, to replace Dave Yost, who is resigning, effective June 7. DeWine, a Republican, said that Wilson will serve the final seven months of Yost’s ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Lane Custead had a few things to say upon being introduced to something with a rough exterior, but an easygoing and carefree attitude. “Well, its skin is very thick, and it’s very big, really big,” Lane, 6, of Meadville, Pa., said. “It’s pretty cool.” Lane and ...

GIRARD — High School band director David “D.J.” Colella is among more than 200 quarterfinalists for the 2027 Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. He is among five quarterfinalists from Ohio. He has been a teacher in Girard since 2015 and is a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Newton V. Murphy II, 41, of Leffingwell Road in Canfield, was indicted last week on charges of felonious assault and misdemeanor domestic violence in a Jan. 3 altercation in which Murphy is accused of throwing a woman against a wall, repeatedly banging her head off of the ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is calling on young conservationists to join a team of high school student leaders to form the next class of the Conservation Teen Advisory Council. This council allows students to peek behind the curtain of ODNR. Each month, members will go on a field ...