NILES — As different programs offered by Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio help prepare local youth for the business world, the organization is planning to enhance that learning with a JA BizTown at the Eastwood Mall. Michele Merkel, president of Junior Achievement, said the BizTown is ...

Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The city recorded its fourth homicide of the year early Wednesday on the South Side. Police said a man in the 900 block of East Dewey Avenue called 911 around 2 a.m. and told dispatchers his son had been shot multiple times. The victim was found dead on the ...

Weathersfield WHAT: Board of education meeting May 21 PRESENT: Cheryl Basista, Mark Bodo, Sam Caputo, Josh Garris and Tim Gleason The board: • Accepted the retirements of Paul Rees, high school science teacher; Kelly Hontula, third-grade elementary teacher; and Leslie Core, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to child rape last month was sentenced Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Per the terms of a plea agreement, Chad Scofinsky, 36, of Noel Drive in Youngstown, will spend six to nine years in prison. Scofinsky pleaded guilty April 22 to one ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The cost of rent at the former Bottom Dollar store in Youngstown would be significantly less for the Mahoning County Board of Elections that is looking to relocate its offices than it would be at the Patriot Building in Austintown. The analysis was done on behalf of the Western ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Board of Education has proposed awarding a contract to a longtime bus company in an effort to ease the district’s ongoing transportation challenges. During its regular meeting Tuesday at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School, Superintendent Jeremy ...