Staff report The Supreme Court of Ohio on Tuesday declined jurisdiction in the appeal of defendant Donteill M. Grant, 46, who is serving an 11- to 16.5-year sentence at Richland Correctional Institution for a high-level felony drug possession conviction. Grant, of Sharpsville, Pa., was ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A woman who says she barely escaped the May 2024 Realty Tower explosion is now suing the companies many blame for the deadly blast. Online court documents show that Ashia Simmons, formerly a resident of the now demolished building, currently residing in Georgia, filed suit in ...
YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged with rape failed to fire his court-appointed lawyer Tuesday. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio rejected a motion by Damaris T. Grant to terminate defense attorney Mark Lavelle. In the same hearing, Grant rejected a plea agreement offer from ...
GIRARD — Wanting to make use of the Girard Lakes property, city officials are considering adding a mountain bike trail to the area and plan to visit next month a similar trail at Lake Milton. Girard resident Tonya Carpenter, who works for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, told city ...
Staff report Provisional data from the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting six traffic fatalities over the four-day Memorial Day Weekend — the lowest number in 18 years. This year’s reporting period began on Friday and continued through Monday. During the reporting period, troopers ...
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Press Club has awarded $16,000 in scholarships, comprised of a $4,000 scholarship to each of four students, all of them enrolled at universities in Ohio and majoring in journalism or a related field. Scholarship recipients are Joslyn DelSignore of ...