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YPD arrests two with guns

Both men are barred from having firearms


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Ram pickup recall Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 343,000 Ram pickup trucks due to problems with


Earlier start time for Youngstown high-school students in the fall

East and Chaney will start classes at 7:30 a.m. in 2019-20 school year.


University of Alabama trustees vote to refund $26M gift

Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to


Doctor charged in painkiller deaths released on bond

Associated Press COLUMBUS A critical-care doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths has


Cop who shot 911 caller gets more than 12 years

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed


NASA opening space station to private citizens

NASA opening space station to private citizens NEW YORK You’ve heard about the International


AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVERS FESTIVAL

The 11 a.m. parade and Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church Health Fair on the Square from noon


Judge denies dismissal of GM/UAW suit

The suit, filed by the UAW in January, claims GM is ‘circumventing’ an agreement to transfer laid-off senior UAW employees to a GM assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Ind.


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Youngstown challenged to keep up with grass cutting

The city’s street department is still working to make a first cut of grass on vacant lots without structures despite working 12-hour shifts some days.


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Berlin Lake campground has more than $1M makover

After damage to the sewage system at Berlin Lake Mill Creek Campground closed the park in 2014, it is back in business with more than $1 million worth of repairs.


A contingent of local Rotarians were attending the club’s International Convention

Rotarians, congressman travel to France for ceremony marking 75th anniversary By WILLIAM K. ALCORN


Ryan’s presidential campaign takes him back to Iowa and New Hampshire

He appears to be safe to make the June 26 and 27 Democratic presidential debate


Kovach wins state small business award

Her parents received the honor in 2006


Summary of criminal activity in Austintown, Canfield

Summary of criminal activity in Austintown, Canfield