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Mahoning, Trumbull courts to receive new fingerprint scanners from state grant program
Courts within Mahoning and Trumbull County will receive new fingerprint scanners from a state grant program to "bolster criminal-records systems" within the Valley. Announced in a press release from the Attorney General's Office, the state's criminal-records repository will pay for 77 new devices that courts across Ohio will use to capture defendants' fingerprints for submission to the database.
Football: Youngstown State's four non conference opponents for 2025
The Youngstown State football team plays two home & two road games in their 2025 non conference schedule. The Penguins host Mercyhurst, Thursday, August 28. Its the first game between the two schools. Mercyhurst is jumping to FCS. The Penguins head to Michigan State, Saturday, September 6th and get a...
A surge of heat, humidity just before July 4th
The very comfortable air mass the Valley residents enjoyed Monday and Tuesday will be quickly overtaken by tropical air Wednesday morning. Highs will be near the 90 degree mark Wednesday with elevated dewpoints as well. While much of the day is expected to be rain-free, there may be a shower or storm around by late afternoon or early evening. The chance for an occasional shower or storm is also in the forecast for Wednesday night, especially before midnight.
$30,000 in grants secured to support initiative to plant thousands of trees across Valley
Youngstown CityScape has announced the receipt of two grants totaling $30,000 for an initiative to plant thousands of trees across the Mahoning Valley. According to a press release, this money came in the form of $20,000 from the Western Reserve Health Foundation and another $10,000 from the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley.
YSU Men’s Golf Announces Fall Schedule
The Youngstown State men's golf team will compete in six events across four different states from early September to mid-October during the fall portion of its 2024-25 season. Head Coach Tony Joy announced the team's complete fall schedule on Tuesday. "Our six-tournament schedule this fall will again feature great competition...
New restaurant still set to open in Downtown Youngstown
The Varsity Club is the newest restaurant set to open it's doors in Downtown Youngstown. Owner, John Rudy is currently in the middle of renovations of the newest restaurant and bar in the city, on the corner of Hazel Street and Commerce Street. With all of the uncertainty in Downtown...
State sanctions mental health center where teens put in chokeholds, slapped and abused
State authorities ordered a troubled mental health treatment center to stop accepting new teens into the facility until its problems are fixed. The 57-page state report cited 47 violations, including 16 issues with restraints of teens. For example, an employee shoved a child during a "power struggle," and another child was held in...
YSU Women’s Golf to Host Golf Outing Sept. 1
The Youngstown State women's golf program will hold a special golf outing on Sunday, Sept. 1, at Mill Creek Golf Course's North Course in Boardman, Ohio, to raise funds for the upcoming 2024-25 season. The cost is $90 per player and includes 18 holes of golf and drinks and food...
Rite Aid closing another drug store in Youngstown
Another drug store is set to close following Rite Aid's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filed last year. This time, it's a store in Youngstown on Youngstown-Poland Road and Thalia Avenue. This follows multiple closings that were recently announced, including 16 in Ohio and 14 in Michigan. That round of closures included...
Youngstown business wins $5K grant in entrepreneur competition
A local business specializing in experimental marketing has been awarded a $5,000 grant to grow. MARQUEE Creatives won the grant as part of the Ohio Minority Business Enterprise Bootcamp program. "This grant is a game changer for us," said Aundrea Cika Heschmeyer, the president of MARQUEE Creatives. The grant will...
Police investigating after Youngstown barber shop shot up
Police in Youngstown are investigating after a barber shop was shot up in the city early Tuesday morning. According to the police report, the call came in just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday reporting gunshots heard in an area of Mahoning Avenue. When police arrived, they found 12 spent shell casings outside of a barber shop in the area.
Choffin teacher pleads 'not guilty' after 100 mph chase ends in crash, power outage in Boardman
A welding instructor at Youngstown's Choffin Career Center has pleaded "not guilty" to charges filed after township police say he led officers on a pursuit through residential neighborhoods reaching 100 miles per hour and ending in a crash that knocked out power to several homes. Forty-six-year-old Patrick Prokop entered the...
Mobile Market brings groceries to displaced International Towers residents in Youngstown
Rose Carter, executive director of A.C.T.I.O.N., made sure Youngstown residents who were displaced by the Realty Tower gas explosion had access to groceries. On the first floor of the building in downtown Youngstown, there’s a Chase bank and residential apartments in the top floors of the building. The explosion...
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