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Paris will be sentenced 9:30 a.m. March 4 and remains free on bond.
01/22/2025

Paris will be sentenced 9:30 a.m. March 4 and remains free on bond.

YOUNGSTOWN — Patrick S. Paris, 58, of Indian Trail in Poland, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony OVI for a 5:37 a.m. crash July 11 at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 and Market Street in Boardman for which he tested positive for several substances. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge R. Scot...

The aircraft landed at the Vienna base in December and took its first local flight Jan. 14, said Senior Master Sgt. Bob ...
01/22/2025

The aircraft landed at the Vienna base in December and took its first local flight Jan. 14, said Senior Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr., the base’s superintendent of public affairs.

VIENNA — The second of eight new C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft that will come to the Youngstown Air Reserve Station through mid-2026 recently had its first local flight. The aircraft landed at the Vienna base in December and took its first local flight Jan. 14, said Senior Master Sgt. Bob Bark...

The Ohio Supreme Court chief justice appointed W. Wyatt McKay, a retired Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge, to he...
01/22/2025

The Ohio Supreme Court chief justice appointed W. Wyatt McKay, a retired Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge, to hear Youngstown’s $834,608 civil lawsuit against ex-city Finance Director David Bozanich, property developer Dominic Marchionda and two of the latter’s companies.

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Supreme Court chief justice appointed W. Wyatt McKay, a retired Trumbull County Common Pleas Court judge, to hear Youngstown’s $834,608 civil lawsuit against ex-city Finance Director David Bozanich, property developer Dominic Marchionda and two of the latter’s companies. ...

"We expect to see more breaks over the next couple days, and we’ll probably have to finish one and go right on to the ne...
01/22/2025

"We expect to see more breaks over the next couple days, and we’ll probably have to finish one and go right on to the next. We prioritize them based on the number of customers that could be affected and if it creates a safety concern like icing on a roadway."

BOARDMAN — Extreme cold means water line breaks, and Aqua Ohio had crews responding all over Mahoning County on Tuesday. As of 6 p.m., the company was attending to eight water main breaks, said spokesman Jeff Larue, but he could not say exactly where they occurred. At least two happened in Boardma...

U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, is staying on the House Education and Workforce Committee, but gave up his seat on Jud...
01/21/2025

U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, is staying on the House Education and Workforce Committee, but gave up his seat on Judiciary because of his appointment to the Energy and Commerce Committee.

U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, is staying on the House Education and Workforce Committee, but gave up his seat on Judiciary because of his appointment to the Energy and Commerce Committee. Rulli was selected in December to start serving this month on Energy and Commerce, on which he wanted a seat...

Key efforts to disenfranchise mostly voters of color experienced a crippling blow after the Aug. 6, 1965, passage of the...
01/21/2025

Key efforts to disenfranchise mostly voters of color experienced a crippling blow after the Aug. 6, 1965, passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act, but similar practices continue today in the form of gerrymandering voting districts, a longtime lawyer contends.

Key efforts to disenfranchise mostly voters of color experienced a crippling blow after the Aug. 6, 1965, passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act, but similar practices continue today in the form of gerrymandering voting districts, a longtime lawyer contends. “This is a nonpartisan issue; this i...

Two organizations serving Special Olympians in Mahoning County will be combined into one entity with full support from t...
01/21/2025

Two organizations serving Special Olympians in Mahoning County will be combined into one entity with full support from the state, but not everyone is happy about the change.

Two organizations serving Special Olympians in Mahoning County will be combined into one entity with full support from the state, but not everyone is happy about the change. Some members of the group known as Mahoning County Public Special Olympics have called the move a “hostile takeover.” “W...

Each side has a room with chairs where about four people can stay warm from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.
01/21/2025

Each side has a room with chairs where about four people can stay warm from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley, the 211 Help Hotline and others were preparing Monday to help people who might need a place to stay warm when temperatures in the Youngstown area drop below freezing today. The Rescue Mission had two beds available Monday morning on its men.....

Decades before the start of the Civil War, William Holmes McGuffey was already hitting the ground — not running, but tea...
01/21/2025

Decades before the start of the Civil War, William Holmes McGuffey was already hitting the ground — not running, but teaching.

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LIBERTY — Decades before the start of the Civil War, William Holmes McGuffey was already hitting the ground — not running, but teaching. “He educated generation after generation of people. He was the nation’s storyteller and schoolmaster,” Richard S. Scarsella, the William Holmes McGuffey ...

The Saturday event was the second at the VFW 4237 headquarters.
01/21/2025

The Saturday event was the second at the VFW 4237 headquarters.

AUSTINTOWN — Last month, the Tri-State Marine Corps League Detachment 494, VFW Hubbard Post 3767 and VFW Austintown Post 4237 combined forces with Sparkle Market in Cornersburg to give away thousands of dollars in gift cards for groceries to veterans. After serving more than 200 people that day, t...

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee...
01/20/2025

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, he ended the last presentation of his life by telling a crowd of about 2,500 that he had been allowed to reach the top of the symbolic mountain, look over and see the Promised Land, but he also was prescient enough to think he may not get there with his audience.

YOUNGSTOWN — When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, he ended the last presentation of his life by telling a crowd of about 2,500 that he had been allowed to reach the top of the symbolic mountain, look over an...

The office released its report Friday, providing a detailed account of the investigation.
01/20/2025

The office released its report Friday, providing a detailed account of the investigation.

ELLSWORTH — The State Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled the cause of the Oct. 5 explosion that killed Jeff and JoAnn Kocanyar, their daughter and son-in-law at a home on Huxley Road “undetermined,” but said a propane leak was the “most probable cause.” The office released its report Friday...

The owners of the still-closed State Line Tavern on East Taggart Street in East Palestine recently filed a $5 million-pl...
01/15/2025

The owners of the still-closed State Line Tavern on East Taggart Street in East Palestine recently filed a $5 million-plus lawsuit against Norfolk Southern for damages related to the Feb. 3, 2023, train crash and chemical spill.

LISBON — The owners of the still-closed State Line Tavern on East Taggart Street in East Palestine recently filed a $5 million-plus lawsuit against Norfolk Southern for damages related to the Feb. 3, 2023, train crash and chemical spill. Kelly Likovich, 66, and her husband Terry Berresford, 75, bo...

State Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Boardman, was appointed Tuesday as vice chair of the House General Government Committee while ...
01/15/2025

State Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Boardman, was appointed Tuesday as vice chair of the House General Government Committee while state Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, was named vice chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and state Rep. Monica Robb Blasdel, R-Columbiana, was selected as vice chair of the House Natural Resources Committee.

Three Republican members of the Ohio House who represent the Mahoning Valley were named committee vice chairs. State Rep. Tex Fischer, R-Boardman, was appointed Tuesday as vice chair of the House General Government Committee while state Rep. David Thomas, R-Jefferson, was named vice chair of the Hou...

Canfield’s defense created turnovers and forced Kennedy to dig deep to stay competitive, and the Cardinals won a battle ...
01/15/2025

Canfield’s defense created turnovers and forced Kennedy to dig deep to stay competitive, and the Cardinals won a battle of the birds, 59-46.

WARREN — Tuesday night’s game at Warren JFK became a battle of attrition. Canfield’s defense created turnovers and forced Kennedy to dig deep to stay competitive, and the Cardinals won a battle of the birds, 59-46. “I thought our pressure wore them down over time and wore them down over time...

The funding comes from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Grant, which is supported wi...
01/15/2025

The funding comes from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Grant, which is supported with federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality dollars awarded by the Federal Highway Administration.

YOUNGSTOWN — The Western Reserve Transit Authority received a $1,848,023 grant that will be used toward the purchase of two electric-powered buses. The funding comes from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Grant, which is supported with federal Congestion Mitiga...

The Eastgate Regional Council of Governments received a $979,200 federal grant to study the possible elimination of a 1....
01/15/2025

The Eastgate Regional Council of Governments received a $979,200 federal grant to study the possible elimination of a 1.5-mile stretch of the Madison Avenue Expressway on the city’s lower North Side, but any potential project is several years away.

YOUNGSTOWN — The Eastgate Regional Council of Governments received a $979,200 federal grant to study the possible elimination of a 1.5-mile stretch of the Madison Avenue Expressway on the city’s lower North Side, but any potential project is several years away. “The infrastructure along the ex...

For one Mahoning County Sheriff's deputy, 2024 is unforgettable.
01/14/2025

For one Mahoning County Sheriff's deputy, 2024 is unforgettable.

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office deputy Joe Hamilton and other deputies were working at the front entrance to the Mahoning County Courthouse May 28 when an explosion in the basement of the Realty Tower down Market Street destroyed the first floor and basement. He and deputy Jim Mull...

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