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Trial begins for mom, boyfriend

YOUNGSTOWN — Maleka D. Curry, 35, and Christopher L. Hill, 43, both of Bissell Avenue in Youngstown, went on trial Monday on charges of felonious assault and felony child endangering for a May 9 incident involving a boy, 13. Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin is hearing ...

Insight ‘temporarily’ closes Trumbull, Hillside

Insight Health Systems management said Monday afternoon it has paused local operations and temporarily furloughed its employees. Its East Market Street emergency room, along with limited lab and radiology services, remain open. Affected are Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull, ...

14-year-old boy charged in Sunday shooting death

YOUNGSTOWN — A 14-year-old Youngstown boy was arraigned Monday in Mahoning County Juvenile Court on a charge of murder with a gun specification and Serious Youthful Offender specification in a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon on Rhoda Avenue on the West Side. A Youngstown police report ...

Canfield attorney’s law license suspended over child support default

Staff report The law license of Matthew M. Lewis of Canfield was suspended for an interim period effective Friday after the director of the Board of Professional Conduct of the Ohio Supreme Court submitted a certified copy of a determination of default of child support order by Lewis to the ...

I-680 traffic to reduce to 1 lane for bridge repair

POLAND — Traffic along Interstate 680 northbound will be reduced to one lane through June after a garbage truck damaged a bridge over the freeway earlier this month. Ohio Department of Transportation District 4 Spokesperson Ray Marsch said five beams on the underside of the Walker Mill Road ...

Blues artist Tab Benoit brings the ‘I Hear Thunder’ to Warren

Blues artist Tab Benoit returns to the Robins Theatre on Oct. 25 with his “I Hear Thunder” tour. Benoit was one of the first acts to play the Warren theater after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were loosened in 2021. He also played there in 2023 and 2024. JD Simo will open the 8 p.m. ...