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CRIME & SAFETY
Three injured in a multi-vehicle crash near Salem
A medical helicopter flew to a multi-vehicle crash along State Route 9 in Salem early Wednesday. State Troopers tell 21 News four vehicles were involved in the accident after 8:30 a.m. north of Coffee School Road in Butler Township. Three people were taken to hospitals in Salem and Youngstown. Troopers...
Alliance man dies, woman in critical condition after being struck by train in Sebring
Troopers from the Canfield post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal train-versus-pedestrian crash early Monday morning. The crash occurred at 1:59 a.m. on the Norfolk Southern line near Pennsylvania Avenue between the cross streets of 16th and 17th streets in the village of Sebring in southwest Mahoning County.
Authorities name victim of fatal crash on Youngstown's Southside
The Mahoning County Coroner has released the name of a man who died after a car crashed into a home Thursday on Youngstown's South Side. Authorities tell 21 News that 41-year-old Michael Stevenson passed away on Friday at a hospital. Officers with the Youngstown Police Department's Captain's Office had limited...
Coroner IDs man found shot to death on Youngstown driveway
The Mahoning County Coroner has released the name of a man who was shot to death on Youngstown's Southside last week. Fifty-one-year-old Jermaine Tillis was shot along East Judson Avenue near Rush Blvd. just after 5 a.m. Tuesday. Officers found the victim lying in a driveway. Police have not said...
Card skimmer found at local grocery store: Report
The manager of the store called just around 6:30 p.m. Monday to report the incident, handing over a black plastic keypad cover that was found attached to the credit card processing terminal. A police report redacted the name of the store, but the address was listed at 4121 South Ave.
Youngstown man’s eyewitness account of Trump shooting
CLEVELAND — A moment that captured the nation's attention, an assignation attempt on former president Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which is only about an hour and some change away from Youngstown, Ohio. Several Ohioans crossed the border to attend the Pennsylvania rally, including Mahoning County...
Girard man pleads guilty to drug possession after officers found him with meth
A man received a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to a bill of information charging him with aggravated possession of drugs and violation of a protection order. The case involved Anthony Rice, 30, of East Kline Street, Girard, at an incident on March 8. Rice was found at his mother’s house where he was not allowed. Officers located plastic bags of a substance that later tested out to be 0.12 grams of methamphetamine.
State Patrol Lisbon Post announces plans for OVI checkpoint
The Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint this week. The patrol says the county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint.
Youngstown Police say mom was at bar, leaving six-year-old alone at 1 a.m.
A Youngstown woman is charged with child endangering after police say she left her six-year-old daughter home alone while she went to a bar after midnight. Police went to an Eddie Street home after 1 a.m. Monday to investigate a tip that a child was there unattended. Finding the front...
Grand jury declines to indict woman for Girard shooting death
A Campbell woman has been cleared of charges filed after her boyfriend was fatally shot in Girard. Kristen Schmidt was originally charged with felonious assault after 33-year-old Michael Cusick was shot in the stomach at a home on Dearborn Street in Girard this past January. The charge was changed to...
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