YOUNGSTOWN — Members of the Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society are helping residents learn more about the stars and planets by assisting them with selecting and using telescopes. The society, which meets throughout the year mostly in the winter at the Youngstown State University Ward ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — A jury found Thomas Steele, 50, of Campbell, guilty on all counts Thursday at the end of a three-day trial on three counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The victim of a fatal head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on the city’s East Side has been identified by the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office as Kesha Tensley, 48. The crash, which is still under investigation, occurred on Landsdowne Boulevard near Nair Street around ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Sanjuan V. Smith, 57, was indicted Thursday on kidnapping with a repeat violent offender specification, rape with a sexually violent predator specification, felonious assault with a repeat violent offender specification and strangulation. The charges relate to a Dec. 22 ...

Marriage licenses granted March 2 to 6 in Mahoning County: Robert John Fent, 55, Youngstown, and Eleanor Ruth Seidel, 49, Youngstown Joseph DiCesare, 55, Lowellville, and Patricia Ann Emerson, 47, Lowellville Justin Whitney Howard, 42, Youngstown, and Anetta Denise Fields, 40, ...

POLAND — As the weather warms up, the events are growing for the Poland Historical Society’s America250-Ohio celebratory year, with several events scheduled this month. On Friday, the Poland Public Library presented a family movie night with the showing of “April Morning,” which takes ...