Austintown News

Lori L. Herman Young, 46, of Berlin Center, Ohio died at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ella Taylor; five sons, Elbert Taylor Jr. and Jimmy L.Taylor, both of Montgomery, Ala., Rubien C. Taylor Sr.

Gov. John Kasich is calling for a cautious and smart approach to natural gas and oil well drilling in Ohio, saying safeguarding the environment must be as important as developing shale exploration.

Panera Bread wants to say thank you to our community heroes. All firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians will receive a free meal on Wednesday when they show their badge at any Panera location in the Mahoning Valley or in Hermitage.

Mark Cleland, from Austintown, Ohio, participates in a protest outside Wells Academy/Steubenville High School Tuesday, Feb.

Police are investigating an unusual accident in Austintown. A driver managed to somehow get his truck stuck on top of support wires for a utility pole.

A state lawmaker unhappy with Gov. John Kasich's decision to have this year's State of the State in Steubenville will introduce legislation requiring the annual speech to be offered in the Ohio House chambers.

The caller was concerned after almost being struck Wednesday morning by a vehicle.

Workers from Austintown-based Wildcat Drilling work near Coshocton at a site where Buckeye Brine is installing a brine injection well.

Workers from Austintown-based Wildcat Drilling work near Coshocton at a site where Buckeye Brine is installing a brine injection well.

Police say a white man in his 50's entered the First Place Bank on Meridian Road Wednesday morning, handed a teller an envelope, and demanded money.

Police in Austintown are looking for a purse snatcher who grabbed a woman's bag outside a bank Wednesday morning.

State lawmakers were split on Gov. John Kasich's plans to take his State of the State address on the road next month.

Andrew Mazza of Austintown is now 100 pounds lighter thanks to a group called TOPS or Take Off Pounds Sensibly.

Whenever Shelley Wirges peers out the windows of her home and sees the dormant ski slopes on the other side of Thornton Road, she is overcome by the same feeling.

Good Afternoon. A light north wind is keeping the temperatures from warming up past the upper 20s for this afternoon under mostly cloudy skies.

BAND ALUMNI TO GATHER: The Warren Junior Military Band and WJMB Alumni Association will hold their annual meeting and Winter Fling at 10 a.m. Jan.

Do you come from a large family - with 3 or more kids - that's always looking to save money? We... From left, Eugene Orr, Jonas Bailey and Dale Bailey, of Austintown-based Wildcat Drilling, work to extend the drill at a site near Airport Road.