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Youngstown mayor-elect releases names of applicants for cabinet

There were no applicants for finance director, and a national search will begin.


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Canfield chemistry class state winner in national contest

Tom Slaven’s advanced placement chemistry class burst into cheers Wednesday when they heard their submission to the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest is a state winner.


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Ex-Liberty substitute teacher indicted on 10 child porn charges

Michael R. Mattocks, 31, a former Liberty High School substitute teacher, pleaded not guilty Friday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to 10 child pornography charges.


Boardman couple announces $120K donation for Spartan Stadium project

The donation comes from Bill and Karen Veri, who previously provided $150,000 in 2016 to fund construction of a band shell.


Expert regarding drugs and alcohol to testify at Jacob Larosa hearing

Attorneys for Jacob Larosa of Niles, who was 15 when he was accused of brutally murdering his elderly neighbor, will try to employ two expert witnesses at a Dec. 28 hearing in an effort to have evidence suppressed from his trial.


Marshals arrest man wanted by Boardman police on 17 charges

Ronald Scurti, suspected of using bad checks, arrested in Austintown


METRO DIGEST || Puppies missing

A South Side woman returned home from work Thursday night to find her Palmer Avenue home ransacked and four pit bull mix puppies missing.


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Dancer offers classes to help his native Puerto Rico

Samir Andrades and Megan Thomas demonstrate Latin dancing at the Coy Cornelius building in Youngstown.


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Summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman

POLICE cALLS A summary of criminal activity in Poland and Boardman.


Vice unit serves two warrants resulting in three arrests

Police find drugs, guns, cash


Births

Births St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Ryeasha Jordan, Youngstown, girl, Dec, 14. Maci Herrick


Young family drug case moves to federal court

Antonio Young faces a 20-count indictment for trafficking in cocaine


Trump assails FBI leadership and touts loyalty to police

Associated Press QUANTICO, Va. Taking aim at the credibility of the FBI, President Donald Trump


Trump reconsiders rules protecting miners from black lung

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. President Donald Trump’s mining regulators are reconsidering


Tech sector leads US stocks higher

Associated Press Wall Street capped the week with broad gains, propelling the major stock indexes