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3 killed in plane crash near Ohio airport
A plane trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people aboard, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday that the twin-engine Beechcraft 60 went down near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at about 6:45 p.m. Friday. The Ohio State...
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....
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...
Salem woman killed in four-car crash
The Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating after one person died from a four-vehicle crash Wednesday Morning in Butler Township. It happened around 8:39 a.m. when a Chevy Trax, travelling northbound on State Route 9, went left of center and collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee head-on, causing it to overturn into oncoming traffic. The Cherokee after being hit, struck a Chevy Silverado.
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...
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