YOUNGSTOWN — Amira Deiley didn’t hesitate to mention what she would have done had she been privy to Ruby Bridges’ plight more than six decades ago. “She was a beautiful girl who went to school and wanted to learn. If I knew her, I would have been kind, I would have taken ...

State Reps. Lauren McNally and Juanita O. Brent reintroduced legislation to end academic distress commissions, such as the one that used to run the Youngstown school district. “There is no debate left to be had: the state takeover model didn’t work,” said McNally, D-Youngstown. “In ...

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are considering a proposal from the county’s 911 director to add AI-powered features to the emergency call system to ease the burden on dispatchers by handling hundreds of thousands of nonemergency calls each year. Tacy McDonough discussed the idea ...

Staff report Three murals created through Youngstown State University’s Department of Art — the Andrews Avenue, Vellourec and Trek murals — have been officially added to “Murals Across Ohio”, a statewide collection highlighting public murals across all 88 Ohio counties. The ...

Liberty WHAT: Board of education meeting Monday PRESENT: Shawn Chrystal, Janine Hamilton, Hans Kirr, David Malone and Kara Morgan The board: •Approved a memorandum of understanding between the board of education and Liberty Association of School Employees for a service credit on their ...

AUSTINTOWN — A weekend explosion at a high-rise apartment complex off North Meridian Road has shaken the community, but safety crews and local agencies have come to the aid of the nearly 100 people who live there. Safety crews were called out around 12:30 p.m. Saturday following the ...