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Man found shot along Southern Boulevard
A wounded man is hospitalized following an overnight shooting on Youngstown’s Southside. Police say they found the victim along Southern Boulevard near East Philadelphia Avenue at around 1 a.m. Friday. The hospital’s trauma team went to work on the victim who was last reported to be in stable condition....
Three dead in fiery plane crash near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport
The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a fatal plane crash near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. Dispatchers got a call just after 7 p.m. Friday that the plane had crashed at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station near state Route 11 and King Graves Road. The...
Youngstown man, woman accused of assaulting three others with baseball bats
A man and woman are being investigated by police for hitting people with baseball bats. Youngstown police were called to Chaney Circle on the city’s West Side at about 6:30 p.m. Monday to quell a fight in the street between a group of people. According to the report, officers...
Mayor Tito Brown joins other Ohio mayors in urging Gov. DeWine to take action on gun violence
In Youngstown, there have been more than 10 fatal shootings and even more non-fatal shootings in 2024. The most recent was just this week, when a man was found shot on the city's south side. To curb the gun violence in the state, the Ohio Mayor's Alliance, of which Youngstown...
Youngstown woman faces up to 18 months in prison after being sentenced for firearm charge
Judge Andrew D. Logan of the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court sentenced a woman to prison for firearm-related charges. Naquonda K. Holly, 37, of Salt Springs Road, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to an amended indictment charging her with fourth-degree improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. Holly, who could...
Reports: Salem man arrested after threatening first responders trying to resuscitate woman
SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) — A Salem man is facing charges after police say he threatened first responders. Police and paramedics were called to the 3400 block of Salem Grange Road around 6 p.m. Friday for reports of a woman who had possibly drowned in a pool, according to reports. When they got there, her finance William Dean Hively was intoxicated.
VIDEO: Spinning tires spew smoke, burning rubber as repossessed car is towed at Boardman shopping center
Boardman police are investigating after a report of damage to cars while a vehicle was being repossessed. It happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Tiffany Boulevard shopping center. Police say a car was being repossessed when its owner got in a tried to accelerate. According to the report, the...
Hubbard man accused of shoplifting nearly $2,000 in goods from Boardman stores
If you wonder if police ever arrest any of those shoplifters who brazenly walk out of a store with a buggy full of stolen merchandise. Here’s an instance where a suspect was tracked down. Three months after a cashier told police that a man left a Southern Boulevard hardware...
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