WARREN — The evening’s motto was “new year, same mission,” as members of the surrounding community gathered to kick off the new year for a nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing the county. Hundreds gathered inside the Museum of Science Fiction & Fantasy Arts warehouse on Friday ...

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued a three-year reprieve on the execution of Danny Lee Hill, who was convicted in the 1985 murder of 12-year-old Raymond Fife of Warren. A news release from DeWine’s office states Hill, who was scheduled to be executed on July 22, has a new execution date of July ...

WARREN — Before actors can trod the boards at the Oakland Center for the Arts’ new home, the community theater needs a stronger board to make its vision a reality. A purse-and-tool bingo fundraiser on March 6 will be the Oakland’s first event at the former First United Church of Christ, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — When John Leseganich Sr. took over as president and CEO of the local Crime Stoppers one year ago, he set out to change and expand the volunteer organization, leading to its name change to Crime Stoppers of Eastern Ohio and its coverage area growing from Mahoning County to ...

CHAMPION — Carolynn Coonce knew how to install an air conditioner before she ever set foot in a college engineering lab. What she didn’t realize at the time was that she wanted to redesign how those systems worked. A mechanical engineering technology major at Kent State University at ...

HUBBARD — For Mary Anne Russo, life has come full circle. “I grew up in West Middlesex, Pa., and was actually a patron of Hubbard Public Library during elementary and high school,” Russo said. After 37 years working there, she retired Friday. While she held the title of Youth Services ...