EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. On May 1, 1851, The Great Exposition in London opened to the public. This would be the first ever World’s Fair and attendance far exceeded expectations at ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A new educational Holocaust survivor exhibit was unveiled at the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Shoah ceremony (Holocaust remembrance) last month. The exhibit features a video and display that tells the life and love story of Frances Kordelas and Abraham Honigman. ...

Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, is partnering with Akron Children’s through the launch of its 4th annual “Chip in for Children’s Mental Health” campaign. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, starting today and through May 10, $1 from each of ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A lifelong love of horror films led artist Justin Haines of Niles to develop a clothing and accessories brand. Celebrating the 15th year of his Dead Ink Apparel company, he created the two-day Halfway to Halloween Horror Fest, which made its debut over the weekend at Penguin ...

Man sentenced in Kinsman drunken driving crash WARREN — A Geauga County man was sentenced last week to three years of probation, three days in jail and 120 days of house arrest after pleading guilty to charges of aggravated vehicular assault and OVI. Arne I. Siekkinen, 60, of ...

Ohio’s March unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported last week. The March 2026 rate was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in February 2026. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,500 over the month, from ...