Staff report WARREN — Family and friends gathered Tuesday evening at Packard Park to honor Vontisha Williams with a balloon release following her death in a shooting last week. Williams, known by family and friends as “Sway,” was remembered as a kind-hearted mother and grandmother ...

Bryan Vander Dussen spent years as a dairy farmer before shifting to selling farm-raised beef. In the past year, he and his wife have been making another transition: Cooking up recipes in their kitchen that turn organ fat from his animals into tallow balm that buyers are eager to slather on ...

The Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee elected Columbiana County GOP Chairman Dave Johnson as the state’s Republican National Committee male member. Johnson replaces Jim Dicke, who held the position since 2015 and said in February he was leaving the post. Johnson said: ...

WARREN –– City police have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a man Sunday night, Warren's fourth homicide of 2026. Police responded to a domestic violence call in the 2200 block of South Feederle Drive SE about 9:30 p.m. Once on the scene, officers located one victim suffering ...

MECCCA — All around the pond, young anglers repeated a familiar rhythm: bait the hook, maybe with a worm, maybe a minnow, maybe a grub. Lean the pole back and snap it forward — just so — releasing the casting button at the top of the arc. Watch the bobber sail out into the pond and ...

HOWLAND — A simple handshake changed the course of baseball when George “Shotgun” Shuba of Youngstown extended his hand to his Montreal Royals teammate Jackie Robinson after Robinson hit a home run. It was the first interracial handshake in a professional sports league. Greg Gulas, ...