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Downtown Youngstown bus-shelter sculpture finally has new home

After a number of false starts over the past six months, a downtown bus-shelter sculpture has finally found a new home – in front of International Towers.


Judge selects veteran businessman to operate downtown utility company

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court has appointed a court-appointed receiver company to take over Youngstown Thermal, a downtown utility company in financial woe.


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Youngstown-built tech trailer headed to naval base

Nick Mazurek, head of engineering, design and development at Youngstown Business Incubator portfolio company AST2, is flanked by a pair of 3-D printers installed in the Transportable Digital Fabrication Lab mobile manufacturing unit. The 'FabLab' will be driven to a U.S. military base in New Orleans on Thursday.


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MetroParks plans biennial show of reptiles, amphibians

Mill Creek MetroParks brings their biannual Reptiles & Amphibians show back to Canfield


Dow industrials closer to 22,000

Associated Press NEW YORK Banks and technology companies took U.S. stocks higher Tuesday, and


BUSINESS DIGEST ||

Pandora store to open at Eastwood Niles A Pandora store is on its way to Eastwood Mall. By


GOP shows signs of reaching out on health care

GOP shows signs of reaching out on health care WASHINGTON Republicans showed signs Tuesday of


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All YPD officers issued Narcan

A change in the police department's policy as to who carries the opioid-reversal drug Narcan benefited two people from Columbiana over the weekend.


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New North Side housing facility to help the homeless

By GRAIG GRAZIOSI ggraziosi@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A crowd of more than 100 people gathered


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Bond set at $1 million each for couple in freezer case

Coroner still trying to find cause of death and identify who was found


Automakers to report lower sales this July, analysts say

July auto sales are expected to be down by at least 6 percent


McMenamy’s owner pleads guilty to worker’s compensation fraud

Niles restaurant failed to pay $13,000 in worker’s compensation premiums over three years


Lockup List Tuesday — Mahoning Co. jail bookings, releases

Mahoning County Sheriff's Activity.


Committee faces school district's fiscal fears

Hunter: ‘I will continue to review our options and not lay down and take it’


Agenda Wednesday

Agenda Wednesday Brookfield Township trustees, 1 p.m., meeting with Buckeye Energy; 3 p.m.,