Staff report AUSTINTOWN — A large grant will help Austintown Fitch High School grow its curriculum by offering credential courses and skilled programs. The district was recently awarded the Ohio Career Technical Education Equipment Grant, receiving $950,746.26, according to a news ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Joshua L. Mahone, 19, Woodside Avenue, was indicted Thursday on a charge of felonious assault with a firearm specification in the Jan. 11 shooting of a man in a home on Lakewood Avenue on the South Side. The victim was found shot in the back when police arrived for the 6:28 ...

WARREN — Two candidates are vying to be elected judge on Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals. Shelley M. Pratt, a Republican based out of Hubbard, is seeking to unseat the incumbent, John J. Eklund, a Republican based out of Chardon. Eklund, 68, has served on the 11th District Court ...

BOARDMAN — Four local rock climbers hosted a party Thursday at ASCEND Youngstown after taking ownership of the facility to keep the area involved. ASCEND issued a press release earlier this month announcing the impending closure of the facility located at 1221 W. Western Reserve Road. On ...

YOUNGSTOWN — City council will consider legislation Wednesday to permit the board of control to hire contractors for up to $1 million, from Youngstown’s American Rescue Plan funds, to demolish about 75 to 100 vacant houses. Council also will vote at its Wednesday meeting to allow the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Many people feel that in April and May, hope springs eternal, but those two months also have a dark underbelly, a mental health expert says. “April and May especially are when suicides skyrocket,” Duane J. Piccirilli, the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery ...