Girard News

An attorney for a baby sitter of a 1-year-old boy found dead in a Cincinnati apartment says his client gave the toddler ibuprofen and put him to bed after he fell down some steps.

A Girard man is facing charges for the overdose death of a teenage girl. Tyler Stevens, 19, was secretly indicted for the death of Christine Sheesley, 17.

PARADE PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT: The Trumbull African-American Achievers Association is planning for its festival to be held June 1 to 3 in downtown Warren.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for information from anyone who may have worked for or recieved calls from a Girard phone bank that's accused of soliciting donations for phony charities.

Work could begin as early as next month on the repaving of several neighborhood streets, after construction bids were opened Tuesday by the city's board of control.

Two northeast Ohio natives are on a quest to fly to all 88 counties in the Buckeye State and on Tuesday, their travels landed them back in Mahoning County.

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)

A temporary restraining order has been extended against a Girard phone bank company accused of trying to solicit money for phony charities.

Two winners from the X Factor auditions in Youngstown have advanced to Friday's second round of auditions in Providence, R.I. Synphony, a five-member group from Youngstown, moved to the front of the line after winning the group contest locally.

Thunderstorms Monday evening brought heavy rain, lightning and thunder, as well as hail, across much of the area.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Men of Faith's third annual Rally in the Valley brought in over a thousand men to the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Saturday.

Eastern District Court joined municipal courts in Newton Falls and Girard in connecting to a statewide justice information exchange system that gives judges and court employees a wider net in searching backgrounds of those appearing in court.

When the Alliance man accused of attempting to run over two police officers in March and then eluding police in a four-hour manhunt makes his first appearance in federal court this week, he'll do so with one of the state's most respected defense attorneys.

The operator of a telephone solicitation operation that was shut down last week by the Ohio Attorney General was charged in a warrant for soliciting and intimidating a victim / witness based on a complaint filed with Girard police by a woman who worked there.