EDITOR’S NOTE: This is No. 7 of the Top 10 stories of the year as voted on by newsroom staff. By ED RUNYAN Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — Throughout 2024, the investigation and prosecution of the three men whose decision to commit a Sept. 21, 2020, robbery led to the death of Rowan ...

AUSTINTOWN — The Zodiac Club Lounge and Grill is closed, and township officials want to make sure it stays that way. After shots were fired in the club’s parking lot Dec. 14, the wheels of government turned fast as police, trustees and administrators sought to bring operations to a ...

BOARDMAN — A local remodeling contractor convicted of fraud could spend Christmas in jail after being arrested on domestic violence charges over the weekend. Court records show John P. Bartos III, 40, of Valley View Drive in Boardman, owner of Gridiron Windows & Doors LLC, is due in ...

LIBERTY — A Youngstown man pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday after being arrested on a charge of OVI by Liberty police on Belmont Avenue Thursday night. Shaquone Lockett, 28, of Youngstown, was charged with OVI, driving under a non-compliant suspension, marked lakes, no seat ...

EAST LIVERPOOL — Plans by the U.S. Department of Defense to resume the burning of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at Heritage Thermal in East Liverpool drew anger from local lawmakers who questioned the safety of incinerating the “forever chemicals.” U.S. Reps. Mike Rulli, R-Salem, ...

CARL E. BAUMGARTNER JR., 81, of Youngstown, died Friday. Arrangements pending. (Kinnick) MARY FRANCES DEEDS, 89, of Youngstown, died Sunday. Arrangements pending. (Kinnick) JACQUELINE DRAKE, 73, of Austintown, died Dec. 15. (Kinnick) KATHRYN ROSE HANNI, 86, of Austintown, died Saturday. ...