3+ week, 3+ day ago   (478+ words) The Youngstown Police Department was among dozens of law enforcement agencies involved in a northern Ohio violent crime crackdown known as Operation Northern Shield, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Hundreds of individuals were taken…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (454+ words) COLUMBUS -- A man acquitted of murder in March is now in jail again, charged with the same offense in the state capital. Franklin County Municipal Court documents show that Danyo Wayne Sellers, AKA Legend Pless, 19, was arrested Monday in connection…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1313+ words) BOARDMAN -- Regular services have effectively ceased at Animal Charity of Ohio, and that will remain the case until additional funding is secured. On Thursday, leaders of the nonprofit agency again petitioned Mahoning County commissioners to provide support it needs to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (750+ words) YOUNGSTOWN -- Police are still investigating after multiple houses were struck by gunfire during a birthday party at a short-term rental house on Friday night A Youngstown police report states that officers responded to several calls shortly after midnight and found…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) WARREN -- A second man has been charged in an alleged indecent act July 31 at Perkins Park in the city. Anthony Spinosa, the chorbishop of the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in North Jackson, was charged with…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1079+ words) Police activity in Austintown from Aug. 20 to Aug. 26: Aug. 26, -- 12:42 p.m. A report was taken regarding the theft of money from a purse at 6001 Mahoning Ave. 4:44 p.m. -- A report was taken regarding the theft of medication from the mail at 5934 Callaway Circle. Aug....

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (476+ words) CANFIELD -- A man was arrested by Mahoning County Sheriff's deputies at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent at the Canfield Fair on Sunday afternoon. Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield, is at the Mahoning County jail on two charges of felony assault…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1330+ words) Flock cameras have raised the ire of residents in the Mahoning Valley and across the country. Public pressure has led some police departments to remove them and legislators to propose laws regulating their use and increasing penalties for abuse. Flock…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) YOUNGSTOWN -- A Boardman man will spend close to five years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a Youngstown man on the South Side in September 2025. The Mahoning County Prosecutor's Office announced the decision by Mahoning County Common Pleas…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (932+ words) YOUNGSTOWN -- A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Beloit woman in 2023 will spend at least 25 years in prison. After numerous delays and all manner of legal drama, the family of Gena Wade has some degree of closure, after Mahoning…...