Mahoning County News

Butler crashed his vehicle on Desellem Road after driving off the right side and striking a ditch and a wire fence and entering an open field.

Although there are currently no known plans for an injection well in Columbiana County, Center Township trustees are not taking any chances.

A local elementary school's recycling program has garnered national attention, recycling nearly 130,000 pounds of paper in 2010.

And while most of the cases do not end in murder, it's still a scary and dangerous situation for the victim.

County Humane Agent Jan Palmer and Lt. Andy Sweeney of the Columbiana County Sheriff's Department Detective Bureau spent most of Friday tracking down leads to find out who stabbed and shot two dogs, leaving the bodies in Jefferson County.

Mahoning County Sheriff Randall Wellington has officially denied a public records request for an internal affairs report on a deputy who was investigated by his office.

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.

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

Wanda was born on Feb. 18, 1923 in Columbiana, a daughter of Elmer and Cora Cullar, and was a lifelong area resident.

A man wanted for the death of a teacher in the parking lot of a Carriage Hill apartment complex was found dead Thursday afternoon besides his mother's grave.

Mahoning County is now home to 14 more citizens. Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge John Durkin presided over the naturalization ceremony at the Mahoning County Courthouse Thursday morning.

Canfield police issued a murder warrant for 64-year-old Robert McLaughlin of Painesville just hours after the murder of Stacey Sutera.

Officials are investigating yet another animal abuse case,the third this week, and this time the dog was found dead, hanging from a tree.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office confirmed the P ainesville man suspected of killing a 40-year-old Canfield teacher Wednesday was found dead Thursday.

Two studies will look at whether leasing the Ohio Turnpike is a good idea. One study will be conducted by the State, the other by those against leasing the roadway.

An officer made contact with the man and identified him. He was just cold and walking home from a location on East Third Street.

Some of Ohio's 113 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention will be selected at an event in Martins Ferry this spring.

Attorney-at-law Chris Maruca said a protection order is only as good as the paper it is written on.

Neighbors on Carriage Lane say they heard what sounded like five gunshots at around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday morning.

As authorities are coming close to possibly solving one case of animal cruelty, they are beginning to investigate another.