Staff photos / J.T. Whitehouse A group of parents, students and Canfield school levy committee members unite for an evening of sign making Thursday. They made posters to be used for the Rally on the Green on Oct. 29 to show support for the 5.9-mill additional operating levy on this fall's ...
State Sen. Al Cutrona, R-Canfield, is seeking reelection to the 33rd Ohio Senate District seat, facing Democrat Michael Kripchak in the Nov. 3 race. The district includes all of Mahoning, Columbiana and Carroll counties. The district favors Republicans by about 12% based on statewide partisan ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Two attorneys with decades of legal experience are competing for the open seat on the Mahoning County Domestic Relations Court in the Nov. 3 general election. Republican Mark DeVicchio of Boardman and Democrat Terry A. Grenga of Youngstown are seeking the six-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2027. The winner will succeed Judge Beth A. Smith, who is prohibited from seeking another term under Ohio's judicial age limit. The candidates’ party affiliations will not appear on the general election ballot. DeVicchio, 60, defeated attorney Kathleen Bartlett in the May Republican ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The race for an open seat on Ohio's 7th District Court of Appeals has been an intriguing one, with both candidates making headlines in their own way. Republican Mark Hanni is trying to extend his tenure on the court by seeking a different seat on the panel. Plenty of drama also surrounded his primary campaign. His opponent is Democrat Katherine Rudzik of Poland, the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts' chief deputy clerk under embattled Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone, who entered the race as a write-in candidate in the May primary after no other Democrat filed. The ...
AUSTINTOWN — One of the biggest games of the high-school football season brought a little more attention than some might have hoped for. Austintown police assigned more officers to the Austintown Fitch vs. Warren Harding game on Friday, citing “unconfirmed” threats allegedly made on social media. A Friday press release states the department is investigating but Lt. Jeff Churilla said he could not provide more information than what was included in the news release. A social media post by Austintown Local School District said officials are cooperating with police to address the ...
Michael Zagaris played football and baseball growing up as a teenager in California and later at George Washington University. He relied on that experience when he went from playing those sports to photographing them, but it wasn’t the technical knowledge — anticipating what might happen ...
