Youngstown News

About 11 percent of doctors have knowingly lied to a patient in the last year, according to a new survey published in Health Affairs.

Residents on Youngstown's westside join together to stop crime in their neighborhoods.

The abuse and killing of dogs is continuing in Mahoning County. This is the scene for another case of animal abuse -- the third this week alone.

Richard W. Crawford, age 61, of Minerva, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Aultman Hospital, surrounded by his loving family, following a sudden illness.

McCarthy played his college ball at Notre Dame and is from Youngstown, Ohio, a mere 20 minutes from where well-respected Chiefs blogger and 2009's Sexiest Man Alive, Patrick Allen, grew up.

It probably won't solve the entire problem, but money could be coming to communities in the area to start tearing down more of those rundown, abandoned homes that are a blight on local neighborhoods.

Charges against a Youngstown man accused in a strong-armed robbery have been dropped, but the suspect still remains behind bars.

It may still be winter, but law enforcement in the area are already taking steps to make sure the streets remain safe this spring and summer.

Wait. Before you start reading this, humor me and please start listening to some horrible inspirational music; nothing with vocals.

Two 6-7 week old German Shepherd puppies were bound and gagged with such tight intricate knots that the more the puppies attempted to move, the more they were strangled.

Trumbull County's unemployment rate in November matched the national rate for the first time in almost two generations, and two area economic experts believe more good news is on the way.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Police are investigating the beating of a 20-year-old Youngstown State University student who was taken to Saint Elizabeth Medical Center.

The city of Youngstown now has three new grocery stores. Hundreds of people waited in line Thursday morning for the opening of Bottom Dollar Food.

Bekah Plant of Mineral Ridge was born a few weeks early on Nov. 12. "She gave two big cries and I was like 'oh wow she's great.

HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A Painesville man accused of shooting to death a teacher in Mahoning County has been found dead.

"I think more monitoring could have been done," said John Armbruster, a seismologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, who has studied earthquakes for more than 40 years.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Jobs related to the shale boom were among the topics when Ohio Governor John Kasich delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday.

The city of Youngstown has torn down what was once a problem spot on the city's East Side.

A Youngstown State University student is in the hospital in critical condition after what his family believes was a hazing-related beating last week.

CANFIELD, Ohio - WKBN-TV in Youngstown is reporting that police are on the scene of an apparent murder in Mahoning County, and that an all-points bulletin has been issued for a Painesville man considered to be a possible suspect.