Boardman News

An OVI checkpoint over the weekend in Boardman netted nearly two dozen arrests, including drugs and weapons charges.

Memorial Day is especially meaningful for a northeast Ohio man whose family has included 24 members who served in the U.S. military since World War I. The Vindicator in Youngstown reports those members include 20 men and four women in John F. Grantonic's family from eastern Ohio's Mingo Junction area.

A new war-time art exhibit is open just in time for Memorial Day. The cartoon sketches temporarily featured at the Butler Art Museum in Youngstown are more than 90-years-old. John Grantonic Jr., of Boardman said his father served in World War One, and was a self-taught artist.

A man from Poland, who is on a bike headed for Florida, has made it as far as Alabama.

Youngstown's marked police cruiser fleet has had them since last fall, now the mayor is looking to have global positioning, or GPS devices, installed on all city vehicles.

Helen Grace Baker, 84, of Youngstown, formerly of Corry, Pennsylvania, passed away on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at her home.

A Pittsburgh-area man will spend 11A1 2 to 23 months in the county jail for running down the husband of his ex-girlfriend in a drunken dispute hours after he saw the couple at a Halloween party.

Administrators with Saint Elizabeth's in Boardman say even before the first patient was admitted there in 2007, they knew they'd need more room.

Western Reserve Rangers 4-H Club President Katherine Pitcairn introduced special guests Melissa Moliterno, 2011 4-H queen from Canfield, and Ashley Hudzik, from New Middletown, at the May meeting of the club.

WKBN, along with our Caring for Our Community partners and the Mahoning County Green Team, spent part of the day Friday picking up litter in Boardman.

Jim Tressel is one of the area's most recognizable sports figures. Tonight, the former OSU and YSU head football coach is back in the Valley, but in a much different capacity.

Warm temperatures and wall-to-wall sunshine this weekend are ideal if you plan on heading outside to do some work in the garden.

Potential economic development is on the way to the Valley with plans to build two hotels, one in Salem and one in Boardman.

President Barack Obama has honored a northeast Ohio police officer who fatally shot a man who killed seven people in a shooting rampage last year as one of America's top police officers in a White House ceremony on... President Barack Obama has honored a northeast Ohio police officer who fatally shot a man who killed seven people in a shooting ... (more)

As people stopped by the local office for the Obama-Biden re-election campaign to pick up their tickets, volunteers said there's been plenty of interest in Wednesday's appearance by Vice President Joe Biden.

A No. 1, thats the grade 85-year-old Christine Kelley bestowed upon Humility of Mary Health Partners ninth annual Womans Heart Day, held May 10 at Covelli Centre.

It can be pretty tough living in Youngstown, Ohio when it comes to going out. Not so much with having fun, but seeing new things and new faces.

Nature's Wonder Green House on Western Reserve Road opened three days ago, and co-owner Bob Neapolitan said the response has been phenomenal.

RAIN BARREL CONTEST PLANNED: The Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its fourth annual rain barrel painting contest, "The Wonderful World of Wetlands." Painted barrels are voted on by Trumbull County Fair visitors and judged by representatives from the Trumbull Art Gallery.

Jamie E. Kellner, daughter of William and A. Joy Kellner of New Waterford, received honors recognition on April 28 at Ohio Northern University in Ada.