YOUNGSTOWN — The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County East Branch will be temporarily closed starting today through Jan. 3. The library is scheduled to reopen Jan. 5. The temporary closure is planned as part of the ongoing facility improvement project.

Lowellville WHAT: Board of Education December meeting on Wednesday PRESENT: Jenifer Johnson, Joseph Sturm, Gerald Dubos, Brian Wharry and Stephanie Yon The board: • Acknowledged the winners and runnerups in the grades 3-5 and 6-8 spelling bee that took place Dec. 5: Grade 3-5 champion ...

WARREN — A Girard man will have more than a lifetime to think about his actions against a young girl. Shane Genetta, 40, of Elruth Court, was sentenced to a total of 120 to 125 years in prison Friday morning by Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Cynthia Westcott Rice. If he ever is ...

CANFIELD — A bipartisan effort to oust Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Michael P. Ciccone from office through legal action accuses him of repeatedly abusing the authority of his office, using “discriminatory and degrading language,” and failing to “perform core statutory ...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law five property tax bills that will save homeowners more than $3 billion over the next three years, change how millage is counted for school districts and permit county budget commissions to control levy amounts. DeWine, a Republican, signed off Friday on the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — U.S. District Court Judge Benita Y. Pearson has banned the plaintiffs and defendants in the three federal Ursuline High School lawsuits from making any further commentary on blogs or elsewhere pending the completion of the lawsuits. Citing the “substantial probability” that ...