YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has been awarded the Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national recognition, for demonstrating a strong, ongoing commitment to meaningful, sustainable and vibrant partnerships with the Mahoning Valley region and ...

Ohio Democrats have finally filled their statewide ticket with Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell saying she will run for auditor. Blackwell said she is running for auditor “to make Ohio a safe and affordable place to live for working families across the state. For too long, our state ...

CHARLESTON — With his first year as governor of West Virginia in the rear-view mirror, Patrick Morrisey used his second State of the State address Wednesday night to lay out a vision for doubling down on what he called “West Virginia’s comeback.” Morrisey addressed a joint session of ...

BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT At 11:48 p.m. Monday, a caller from an address on Bailey Road in Barnesville reported that people dressed in all black were knocking on his door before taking off on foot. The caller said he believed they were sitting in a car by a pond on his property. ...

WHEELING — The Ohio County Health Department was also called to investigate allegations of a cockroach infestation last week at Windsor Manor, which was condemned as dangerous and unsafe by the City of Wheeling’s Building Inspection Department. The 11-story high rise apartment complex at ...

CONNORVILLE — The Foreign Language Club at Buckeye Local High School is going wild about the idea for its latest International Culture Fair. This year’s theme will be “Get Wild with Culture,” and is set to take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at the high school. The event will ...