Aileen Blaine

The Boardman Township Police Department said Wednesday it is has found both the vehicle and the driver involved in a hit-skip accident.

Youngstown State University’s Board of Trustees voted to offer the YSU president job to Congressman Bill Johnson.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the victim of the deadly shooting on the South Side Thursday evening. Authorities have identified 38-year-old Austin Mendenhall as the victim. An autopsy was conducted at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. The incident remains under investigation by the Youngstown Police Department and Mahoning County Coroner’s Office. Around 7:15 p.m., police were called to the 300 block of Ferndale Avenue a…

Editor’s note: The first day of school was incorrectly reported, but it has since been corrected. We regret the error. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Among discussions of an impending strike by the Youngstown Education Association (YEA), many parents are wondering what the school year will look like for their children. Youngstown City Schools released a plan Tuesday evening for students’ first day back to school. The school year will start Friday, Aug. 25, with temporary online learning. The distric…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Three Youngstown City Council candidates will appear on their respective wards’ ballots in November. Former Youngstown city police chief and incumbent councilman Jimmy Hughes has received the Democratic nomination for Second Ward councilman. If elected in November, he will serve a second term in office after defeating primary opponent Ra’Cole Taltoan a second time. According to unofficial returns, 58% of voters favored Hughes on the ballot. “Halfway through, we only ha…

SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) -- Sharon police have arrested a Farrell man on charges related to the shooting of a boy killed Saturday night. Curtis R. Coleman III, 19, has been booked into the Mercer County Jail on $2 million bond. Coleman has been charged with criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license and four counts of recklessly endangering another person. Chief Edward Stabile says officers responded to West Budd Street between Dock Street and the Shenang…