STEUBENVILLE — Having access to classes at Youngstown State University Steubenville is important to students from the tri-state area. That includes Hayden Martin of Steubenville. A senior at YSU, Martin said being able to finish her education in her community is important. ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Potential Development, a PK-12 school system for students with autism, submitted the lone proposal to the city for the long-vacant former Bottom Dollar grocery store. Paul Garchar, Potential Development’s CEO, said the school system is crowded at its K-6 building and wants to use the former Bottom Dollar location on Glenwood Avenue for a K-2 or K-3 building. “We are looking for additional classroom space and this would take some pressure off the elementary school,” Garchar said. Asked why the school is interested in the former Bottom Dollar location, Garchar ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has identified the man whose body was found Aug. 6 at an abandoned home on West Ravenwood Avenue as Brad Gordon, 39. The coroner’s office released the name in a news release Wednesday that states that Gordon was identified through fingerprints. An autopsy was conducted at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the death remains under investigation by the Youngstown Police Department and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office. The news release does not indicate whether the autopsy indicated whether Gordon’s death was ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Fire chief Gary Borman, who recently retired, was honored at Tuesday’s trustees meeting for his 50 years of service as a firefighter and EMT. A career of firefighting had already been in Borman’s family, with his father being a firefighter before him. Borman followed ...
WARREN — A $700,000 Small Underserved Disadvantaged Community grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may allow the owners of 43 properties in Weathersfield to receive new waterlines at little to no cost. The estimated $1.2 million Stillwagon Water Improvement project — expected to begin installation later this year and completed in early 2027 — is being financed with a $500,000 American Rescue Plan grant and now its local share may be paid for through the federal grant, according to Gary Newbrough, director of the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Denzel Pope, 22, was sentenced to 4 to 5 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for a Feb. 11, 2024, aggravated robbery with a gun in Youngstown. He had an address of 2803 South Avenue in Youngstown at the time. His sentence will be served in addition to the 30-years-to -life Pope ...
