Local News

Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

« News / Local News


Teen sex charges

Teen sex charges STRUTHERS A tow-truck driver from Struthers accused of committing sex crimes


No plea deal reached in warehouse fire in Calif.

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. Lawyers negotiated for more than two hours in an Oakland


NEWSPAPER SHOOTINGS Details develop on attack, suspect

Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. The man accused of killing five people at a Maryland newspaper


Vigil planned as Capital Gazette keeps promise to publish

Vigil, services planned to honor shooting victims


Columbus appellate court keeps 'Youngstown Plan' in effect

HB 70 will stay in effect for the city schools after a recent court ruling.


Youngstown fire chief proposes long-term revenue plan, but none go into effect this year

Council's finance committee will discuss the department funding shortfall at a meeting today.


METRO DIGEST || Man survives jump from city bridge

Man survives jump from city bridge YOUNGSTOWN A man survived a leap from the Spring Common


Tease photo

Some straight talk: TST founder honored during dinner, program

Mary Duke, cofounder of Teen Straight Talk with her late husband, Roland Duke, stands with her son, Dr. Doran Duke, at Teen Straight Talk’s 30th anniversary celebration Thursday at Avalon Inn and Resort in Howland.


Tease photo

Author of acclaimed book on America's opioid epidemic speaks to Valley professionals

“It seems to me heroin is the final expression of values we have fostered in this country for 35 years,” Quinones said.


BUSINESS DIGEST || 18 graduate from incubator program

18 graduate from incubator program YOUNGSTOWN The Youngstown Business Incubator’s Women in


Speaker series unveils its lineup

Staff report LIBERTY The William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society has announced the Memories


FOURTH OF JULY | Events

A list of events for the weekend and the Fourth of July on Wednesday. MAHONING Austintown:


Newspaper staff reports through grief after colleagues slain

The grieving and the reporting sort of jumbled together for staffers at The Capital Gazette on Thursday night, but they were determined to put out the next day’s edition.


Cleveland man indicted on rape charges

Police charge Jeffrey Palmer, 34, with raping a preteen girl in Boardman.


Tease photo

Gunman kills 5 at Maryland newspaper in targeted attack

Police officers walk at the scene after multiple people were shot at a newspaper’s office building in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday. A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at The Capital Gazette newspaper building, and police said a suspect is in custody.