Canfield, South Range react to first-ever state football championships

Newton Falls Girl's Basketball coach Mark Baker has joined the 300-win club after the Tigers 39-20 win over Campbell Monday night. In his 18th season with the program Baker appreciates all the help he has received along the way. He told 21 sports, "I learned a long time ago that...

The Youngstown State women's golf team began its spring season with a 5-1 match play victory over The Citadel on Saturday at Patriots Point Links in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Puthita Khuanrudee, Titita Loudtragulngam, Danae Rugola, Madie Smithco and Lizzie Saur each won individual matches to power the Penguins to their third tournament win of the 2022-23 season. YSU has now won at least three tournaments for the third time in the last five seasons.

Youngstown State & Villanova will resume a football series with a home & home starting in 2024. The Penguins will visit the Philadelphia area, Thursday, August 29, 2024 and the Wildcats return the game, Thursday, September 2, 2027. The teams last played in 1999. The Penguins 2024 non conference games...

Ohio State Extension of Mahoning and Columbiana Counties are offering assistance to farmers within the East Palestine evacuation radius. Ohio State Extension is opening the Canfield and Lisbon fairgrounds for livestock stalling at 225 Lee Avenue, Lisbon, Ohio 44432 and 7265 Columbiana-Canfield Road, Canfield, Ohio, 44406. Farmers who are in...

WFMJ archives / May 2, 1976 | Firemen hosed down a ruptured tank car filled with gasified hydrogen peroxide after the derailment of a Conrail freight train a mile south of East Liverpool 46 years ago. About 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes when it was believed that the leaking car contained vinyl chloride, a much more dangerous chemical, but was allowed to return after five hours. Four cars containing vinyl chloride derailed but were not ruptured.

Hundreds of people forced out of their homes and businesses in East Palestine are hoping a media briefing set for Tuesday afternoon will provide more information about when things will return to normal. Authorities will provide a media update at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the East Palestine Elementary School Gymnasium...

While the train derailment in East Palestine that happened this week was serious because of the hazardous materials that spilled and burned, however, this isn't the first time that trains have derailed in the village. There have been two previous derailments in East Palestine in recent decades. An Amtrak train,...

The Ohio National Guard is doing more than helping local police and deputies secure the evacuation zone around the chemical train derailment in East Palestine. Members of the Guard’s 52nd Civil Support Team were called to the scene of the crash to assess and monitor public facilities for any potential remaining hazards following Governor Mike DeWine’s order to deploy the Guard earlier this week.

As this state of emergency continues in East Palestine after a train derailment that contained thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals the biggest question on residents minds is when can they go home?. But they're fearful asking is it safe to go home?. Officials say they are working to find...

As the sun rises over the village of East Palestine on Wednesday, there is still no answer to resident’s question: “When can I go back to my home or business?”. Investigators looking into the chemical train crash and fire of last Friday said at a press briefing late Tuesday that they are still monitoring air quality and are evaluating that data before ordering an end to the mandatory evacuation zone around the crash site.

Power has been restored throughout all of Niles after a short outage Tuesday morning. According to FirstEnergy's map of outages by county, Trumbull County had zero reported outages as of 12:06 p.m. Niles Police dispatchers also confirmed with 21 News that power is back on. A crew from the light...

EPA officials unveiled updates Tuesday on the air quality in East Palestine and throughout the Mahoning Valley. In the past 24 hours, 21 News received dozens of complaints about the smell of chemicals in the air. The EPA tells us they're continuing to pay close attention to those air levels in and around the area.

East Palestine emergency crews have officially began the controlled release of toxic chemicals in the air. This controlled release is in response to a train derailment that occurred late Friday evening which resulted in vinyl chloride getting released into the air. Currently, there is a large cloud of dark smoke rising from the scene.

Norfolk Southern has declared the controlled release of toxic chemicals into the air in East Palestine a success. According to an email from Norfolk Southern, some of the material is now burning off, which is consistent with the expectations from earlier models and is expected to drain for a short number of hours.

In conjunction with East Palestine's evacuation and shelter in place orders, the Bishop of Youngstown cancelled mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Sunday morning. The Parish is within the 1 mile radius evacuation limits instated by East Palestine's Mayor Trent Conaway. According to the East Palestine Parish's website, mass...

People living around East Palestine woke up Tuesday morning still wondering when their lives can get back to normal. Authorities say they were successful Monday in conducting a controlled release of toxic chemicals from five of the tanker cars that derailed Friday in the village. There is no word on...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has activated in the Ohio National Guard to East Palestine to assist local authorities, along with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency and the Ohio EPA. An Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter landed at the high school football field late Sunday. In...

A local couple celebrated a major milestone in their marriage in North Lima Tuesday afternoon. Michael and Irene Starr are both residents at Assumption Village in North Lima with the couple celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary Tuesday. Michael is 96 years old and Irene is 92 years old. The celebration...

The Norfolk Southern Family Assistance Center has relocated due to the ongoing evacuation and shelter in place order in East Palestine. According to the Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), the Family Assistance Center has relocated to 46469, State Route 46 in New Waterford. Norfolk Southern worked throughout the night...

DeWine activates National Guard to assist in East Palestine disaster. Threat of potentially deadly shrapnel if the rail car explodes, toxic fumes has greatly increased the need for evacuation. 'Catastrophic failure' possible; mandatory evacuation in East Palestine ordered. The village's mayor Trent Conaway along with Fire Chief Keith Drabick said...