Youngstown
CRIME & SAFETY
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....
Jury selection begins in fatal 2022 Sheetz parking lot shooting
Watch a previous report on the shooting in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for one of three men charged in the fatal shooting of a Youngstown State University student outside a northeast Columbus Sheetz store in October 2022. Keimariyon Ross, 20, is facing two counts […]
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...
Plane crash near northeast Ohio airport kills 3; authorities investigating
VIENNA, Ohio — A plane trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio crashed, killing all three people aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Beechcraft 60 went down near the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Ohio at about 6:45 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.
Good Samaritan finds, returns bag of cash to Boardman business
If you need a story that includes some tense moments but has a happy ending and restores your faith in people, look no further than Boardman Township. As explained in a township police report, an officer went to a business on Boardman Canfield Road late Thursday where an employee explained that he lost a bank deposit bag containing more than $900.
Youngstown man gets two years in prison after pleading guilty to weapons-related charges
A man pleaded guilty on several weapon-related charges and received a 2-year prison sentence. Melvin D. Johnson Jr., 32, of Park heights Avenue, Youngstown pleaded guilty to five counts, including having weapons while under disability, tampering with evidence two counts receiving stolen property and carrying concealed weapon. Johnson, who was...
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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