Mahoning County, OH

A Mahoning County grand jury returned the following indictments on Thursday.

Mahoning County Commissioners are expected to ask the County Prosecutor to seek recovery of thousands of dollars expended by hazmat crews when they responded to two separate incidents. The first incident is a paint spill in Austintown in late April when a flatbed truck accidentally spilled 700 gallons of street...

The Ohio Department of Health on Thursday reported 19,546 new COVID-19 cases statewide since last week. That includes 1,000 new cases in the Mahoning Valley: 501 new cases in Mahoning County (for a total of 54,910), 339 in Trumbull (42,732) and 160 in Columbiana (24,965), according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard.

A teen who was fatally shot at the River Run Apartments in Warren has been identified.

A relative of the man accused of killing a missing Smith Township teen was a confidential informant to police during the investigation, a Smith Township police officer testified Thursday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

A former Canfield schools superintendent is objecting to a decision by a magistrate in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to dismiss a lawsuit he filed against Canfield police for what he termed defamation.

Mahoning County commissioners say the county's Haz-Mat team should be reimbursed for its expenses during a pair of incidents last month.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The owner of an Alliance home where a missing 17-year-old girl was last seen in 2009 testified Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court that it did not appear the girl had been assaulted by the man on trial for killing her.

A somber ceremony Thursday morning in a Mahoning County Courtroom as lawyers and judges gathered to remember those they have lost.

Memorial Day events in Columbiana Trumbull and Mahoning counties in Ohio and Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania.

For the time being at least, businessman Sebastian Rucci will not be allowed back into the California Palms in Austintown.

Rondell Harris, 33, of Cleveland, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Dennis Sarisky in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of felonious assault.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A Warren man who reports said told police he rammed his car into another at a West Side gas station because he felt threatened when the driver pulled a gun during a traffic dispute is now in the Mahoning County jail. James Koehn, 40, is in the Mahoning County jail on […]

A Sebring woman remained in the Mahoning County jail on Tuesday following her arrest for allegedly neglecting three dogs. Sebring Police arrested 19-year-old Meropi Ann Steve on Friday, charging her with seven counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals and two counts of evidence tampering. Police say there were called to...

When you meet Corban Baker, he still looks like he can step back into his Marine uniform and gear up for another deployment. He doesn’t walk with a cane or get around in a wheelchair, so he doesn’t look like what he is – a disabled vet.

[Editor’s note: This is the eighth report in our multipart series “Help Wanted,” in which Mahoning Matters reviews labor shortages in Mahoning County’s top employment sectors, focusing on jobs that are difficult to fill, have high turnover or are otherwise in high demand. Nationwide, 4.3 million people quit their jobs in December 2021 alone, according to federal data. This report focuses on manufacturing jobs. Past articles have focused on health and veterinary care, education, social work and food service. Have something to say about local employment rates or in-demand jobs? Email us at news@mahoningmatters.com, send us a confidential tip here or call us toll-free at 888-655-1012.]