Dan Pompili

Upgrades sought for mental health care

Fire, corporate officials give update on storage unit blaze

By DAN POMPILI Staff writer YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County continues to spend its state and federal funds to reduce lead hazards, but funding reductions in Washington and Columbus could make it more challenging in the near future. Mahoning County commissioenrs regularly have approved items placed on the agenda by Phil Puryear, head of the county’s […]

Valley volunteers sought for mental health study

Banking on learning

Campbell officer exposes dog-trainer fraud, abuse

Zoldan reverses decision, donates millions to YSU’s Dana School of Music

5-star Choffin Career and Technical Center rises to the top

By DAN POMPILI Staff writer BOARDMAN — Navigating Mahoning County’s busiest township may soon become a lot more difficult. Last year, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced a $20.3 million project to give U.S. Route 224 a major overhaul. That project is slated to begin in spring 2026 and run at least through fall 2027. […]

LORDSTOWN — Denise Huemme was 35 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer — the first time. Sixteen years later, she is still a survivor and wants her coworkers at FoxConn to have every advantage in beating the disease too. For the second year in a row, Huemme shared her story with some of her […]

County prosecutors offer clarity on marijuana laws By DAN POMPILI and CHRIS McBRIDE Staff writers Earlier this week, the U.S. Justice Department formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent Thursday to the federal register recognizes medical uses of cannabis […]

AUSTINTOWN — A school project that teaches Austintown Middle School students about a beloved Thanksgiving tradition also will be shared with the community this week. Jessica Tomic’s sixth-grade language arts classes just completed their fifth annual “Balloons Over Broadway” project, based on the book of the same name by Melissa Sweet. The book teaches students […]

YOUNGSTOWN — The man killed in an officer-involved shooting on Helena Avenue on Thursday morning has been identified as 45-year-old Ricco Acevedo, according to a news release from the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office. Police shot and killed Acevedo when they found him inside a house at 4312 Helena Ave., where he did not live. Acevedo’s […]

AUSTINTOWN — A weeklong, statewide sex crime sting that wrapped up Saturday included six men arrested in Austintown. They were among 160 Ohio men, investigators said. Details released Tuesday by police outlined the Friday arrest of Deshawn Evans, 26, of Westchester Apartments, who is accused of calling a phone number listed in an ad police […]