Youngstown News

A revised summer program offered to children by Latrobe-Unity-Youngstown Parks & Recreation Commission involves a cost hike.

Tonight, when Keith Ferrazzi steps to the podium at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center to talk about his best-selling business book, his mom and the members of her card club will be in the audience.

Brookfield school directors on Wednesday awarded $23,289,717 in contracts for construction of the district's new school.

When Michael O'Barto hears on TV or reads in the newspapers that the Steelers train in Latrobe, it makes his blood boil.

A Youngstown sex offender heavily involved in Mercer County volunteerism and politics got 2 years' probation Friday because he never alerted Pennsylvania state police of his activities.

Alverton : Alverton Civic Organization will present a program at 2 p.m. in Alverton Cemetery.

A Youngstown man who pleaded guilty to two charges covering three armed robberies in 2007 and 2008 was sentenced May 8 to 5 to 10 years in state prison.

Dr. Fred Viehe, associate professor of Urban History at Youngstown University, will present a program, "Organized Crime: A Universal Activity that Occurs Largely Where Civilization Exists." Any female college graduate interested in joining the club is asked to call Carole Barber, 724-962-1947. * Mercer County Catholic Women's Retreat League meets ...

Two Youngstown teens face charges after a carjacking Monday night in a parking lot on New Castle Avenue in Sharon.

A delay in completing the work on Theota and Todd avenues in Hermitage has been a headache for residents, but has presented an opportunity for city officials.

Also on display through April 5 is an exhibition of holograms by Ana Maria Nicholson, "Portraits in Laser Light." Info: 330-743-1711. * Paintings by Steve Emmett are on display in "A Memorial Exhibition" through April 4 in Weyers-Sampson Gallery at Thiel College.

The term "good loss" is most commonly attached to valiant efforts by underdog sports teams, but it may just as well fit a Rust Belt region that has suffered decades of population drain.

One of the signature scenes in the classic horror film "Frankenstein'' shows Dr.

Plans to restore air service between Pittsburgh and smaller towns in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia should take a significant step forward next month, say local airport executives preparing for a meeting ...

View from the living room into the kitchen and breakfast nook. This previously was a series of small, dark rooms.

Tearing down barriers is a sure sign of progress. Now one of the biggest barriers facing people of this area - the Pennsylvania-Ohio border - is finally eroding.

Sharon sanitation authority hopes applying for state grant funds could help reduce the amount of debt incurred from building the new, $45 million sewer plant.

The heavy snowfall Friday and Saturday brought to mind the good old-fashioned storms that I remember as a kid.

Soon after the calendar turns to 2009, motorists in Latrobe will be taking a detour.

Sharon police filed charges against one of two Ohio sex offenders who stayed in the city illegally at some point in the past two years, police said.