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Youngstown police investigate fatal crash

YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown police department is investigating a fatal weekend crash that left one person dead. Reports indicate police were called out at 2 a.m. Saturday to a rollover car crash at the intersection of Market Street and Falls Avenue on the city's South Side. The police and the county coroner responded to the scene where a car was on its roof. There was also debris scattered on the road. The identity of the victim as of Sunday had not been released by the police nor was the cause of the crash. This was the second traffic fatality of the week in Youngstown. Early ...

Model railroad group rolls out new exhibits

AUSTINTOWN -- Members of the Youngstown Model Railroad Association are ready to head down the main line for the 2026 public open house. The event allows guests to tour the club’s three highly-detailed layouts and experience the best of local model train buffs. Since last year’s open ...

Trumbull water advisory panel seeks fee increase

It will be up to Trumbull County commissioners to decide whether residents will receive higher charges to extend the lives of water tanks and keep up with an increasing pass-through rate. The county's water advisory panel voted 6-4 to recommend to commissioners a $2 increase to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Replacement Improvement Fund. The vote came at a meeting Thursday in Vienna. Brookfield Trustee Dan Suttles, Liberty Trustee Devon Stanley, Warren Township Trustee Ryan Yoho and Champion Trustee Dean Richard York cast the dissenting votes. Voting in favor were Bazetta ...

Hubbard panel seeks sewer-rate legislation

HUBBARD -- Officials noted Environmental Protection Agency requirements for lead service lines as part of the uncertainty faced in forecasting city finances. At a meeting earlier this week, Councilman Mike Kerr, D-4th Ward, asked the law director to draw up legislation for an ordinance ...

Social to benefit Leadership Mahoning Valley

Leadership Mahoning Valley is inviting its alumni, friends and family to join in celebrating community connections at its first LMV Connect! event on Thursday at BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, 7327 Market St., Boardman. LMV Connect! is designed to bring together Leadership Mahoning Valley friends and family, for an opportunity to reconnect, make new connections and support the organization. Guests are welcome anytime between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. to enjoy lunch, dinner, takeout or simply stop in throughout the day. The event also provides an easy way to give back to an organization ...

Tourism brings $1.1B to county

YOUNGSTOWN — More than a billion dollars. That’s how much economic impact tourism has on Mahoning County, according to a recent report shared by the Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The biannual study conducted by the Tourism Economics group within Oxford Economics reports ...