YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. received a $1 million federal grant to clean up at least two contaminated sites on Glenwood Avenue and do testing on others on the South Side street. Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Multipurpose, ...

Mahoning County’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is asking voters to approve its first new operating levy in 26 years, but the measure could face a considerable hurdle. The Mahoning County Auditor’s office also reports that residential property values increased an average of 24% ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The jury in the Keontae Thomas rape, kidnapping and aggravated robbery trial found Thomas guilty on all counts and specifications Wednesday in a verdict that left prosecutors happy that they had obtained justice for a woman who endured a number of challenges to get to that ...

SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC’s downtown Youngstown customers will see significant increases in the cost for steam heat — 93% for most to take effect shortly and then by 162% more by November. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio voted 3-0 Wednesday in favor of the emergency rate ...

U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced a bill he said will end predatory litigation by “radical special-interest groups” against the federal government filed under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The act, passed in 1980, authorizes the awarding of attorneys’ fees and litigation ...

WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday that will reduce the amount of taxes that county property owners will have to pay by 2.5%. In making the vote, the commissioners acknowledged the decision likely will not be popular with school leaders and ...