Mahoning County News

In serious weather situations like tornadoes and flash flooding, every second matters.

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

CORTLAND LIBRARY PLANS CLOSING LOCATION: The Cortland Library Branch will close its doors for the last time at its current location on North High Street at 5 p.m. Thursday and reopen at a new building at 578 Lakeview Drive at 11:30 a.m. on June 9. The library will be closed for one week Friday to June 8 as new books and other materials are moved to ... (more)

On Thursday Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains announced on Thursday that all charges against Jamar Houser the defendant in the killing of A Angeline Fimognari were to be dismissed for a lack of evidence.A The decision comes as Houser who alone has faced charges for the death of Fimognari is becoming a less and less viable suspect.A The case ... (more)

Plans were made for a spaghetti dinner fund raiser when members of the Peddler's Days Committee recently met at the home of Jane Blazer.

The four suspects accused of robbing a wine shop on Youngstown's West Side on Thursday evening are being held at the Mahoning County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Family and friends on Friday remembered a Youngstown teen found dead on Youngstown's East Side three years ago.

The State Highway Patrol is kicking off a new program to train truck drivers to watch for signs of potential crimes and safety threats while they're traveling Ohio roadways.

When it comes to coal, one of the leading industries in Ohio's 6th Congressional District, both incumbent Bill Johnson, a Republican, and Charlie Wilson, a Democrat, are critical of the president's policies.

A day after dismissing murder charges in one of the area's most shocking homicide cases in recent memory, local authorities said Friday it was simply the right thing to do.

Yes, school will soon be out for summer. In Columbiana County, high school graduations started last weekend with Columbiana and American Spirit Academy in East Liverpool.

A worker at the construction site of the two new elementary schools struck a gas line this morning with a back hoe leading to the evacuation of students at nearby Watson Elementary and Frank Ohl Intermediate schools.

Congressman Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, stopped in Mahoning County on Thursday to find out how high energy prices are negatively affecting residents of northeast Ohio.

Seven children between the ages of 4 and 16 were removed from their house on Youngstown's West Side on Wednesday because of filthy and unlivable conditions.

The Mahoning County Bar Association remembered local attorneys on Thursday who passed away this year.

In 2010, the murders of Angeline Fimognari and Thomas Repchic rocked the congregation of St.

Jamar Houser could have faced the death penalty if convicted in the murder of Angeline Fimognari outside St.

The Ohio Senate has passed the last in a package of bills aimed at shoring up the state's five public pension funds.

An autopsy is scheduled in Erie County at 1 p.m. on a Mahoning County, Ohio, woman whose body was found Wednesday in a shallow grave in Wayne Township.

The area's housing market continued in April to show signs of healing, posting generally better unit sales, median price and days-on-market numbers.