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St. Clair Township teen missing since May 9 found, charges filed
A teen from Columbiana County who has been missing since last week has been found Thursday afternoon. St. Clair Township Police Chief Brian McKenzie confirmed with 21 News that 15-year-old Ericka Heaton, who was last seen on May 9, 2024 was found in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Thursday. Chief McKenzie tells...
Motorcyclist 'critical' after crash with dog in Youngstown
Two people are hospitalized following a motorcycle accident on Youngstown’s Southside. Police tell 21 News that the motorcycle crashed into a dog along East Dewey Avenue, West of South Avenue before 11 p.m. Thursday. The man driving the motorcycle was last listed in critical condition. The woman riding on...
No prison time for Lisbon driver who drove away after teen thrown from pickup truck
A Lisbon man will not be spending any time in prison for driving away after a teenager was thrown from his moving pickup truck. Twenty-one-year-old Bradden Crumrine was sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years of community control on two felony counts of failure to stop after an accident. Those 60 days in jail will act as part of that community control.
Troopers say speed, alcohol involved in fiery, fatal Liberty crash; driver faces charges
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that unsafe speed and alcohol may have contributed to a one-car traffic accident in Liberty Township that claimed the life of a Youngstown man. Troopers say 41-year-old Nicholas Thompson died after the car he was in ran off a curve along Colonial Drive just...
Authorities release name of woman found dead in burning Unity home
Authorities have released the name of a woman whose body was found in her burning home in Unity Township earlier this month. The Columbiana County Coroner tells 21 News that toxicology reports are pending in the death of 85-year-old Dorothy Gorby before a cause of death can be determined. The...
Youngstown man accused of attacking Poland teen for selling THC cartridge to brother
A Youngstown man is behind bars for reportedly assaulting a 15-year-old boy and sending him to the hospital. 20-year-old Ziere Casey was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 15 year old for selling THC cartridges to Casey's younger brother, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Struthers Municipal Court. The...
Report alleges Warren man used 'personal weapons' in Warren homicide
Just days after a homicide at a bar in Warren, police are now investigating another homicide in the city. Around 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a home on the 1300 Block of Westwood Drive NW in referenced to a deceased male. Police identified the male as 48-year-old Andrew Warner.
Second stabbing in less than one week reported at Youngstown prison, victim in critical condition
Less than one week after an inmate was stabbed in a Youngstown prison, another inmate has been hospitalized after being stabbed. According to CoreCivic Public Affairs Manager Brian Todd, another inmate was stabbed around 12:40 p.m. on Monday, May 13 in the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center on Hubbard Road. The...
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