Boardman News

City residents who see a raccoon acting crazy, being aggressive or appearing sick should call the city health department so arrangements can be made to have the animal trapped, put down and possibly tested for rabies.

Aggravated murder with a death penalty specification is the first part of a nine count indictment handed up against 41-year-old Willie Gene Wilks, Junior.

Aggravated murder with a death penalty specification is the first part of a nine count indictment handed up against 41-year-old Willie Gene Wilks, Junior.

Testimony began Tuesday in the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court case of Anthony Mehno, the Salem man accused of raping the 15-year-old girl, who was babysitting his girlfriend's daughter.

Four young adults from Trumbull County were in Boardman court Tuesday morning: the four are charged with "possession of chemicals to make methamphetamine". In fact, the four had an active meth lab, using the so-called one-pot method.

The organizers of the annual Big Tap In have decided to host another beer festival this September in Boardman focusing on firkins and fall seasonal brews.

Saluting the Mahoning Valley's law enforcement for their contributions to helping those in the community was the theme this year for the 11th annual Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing our Neighborhoods banquet, which also recognized Habitat for Humanity for its efforts to help others.

Robin was born March 22, 1960, in Youngstown, the daughter of Ronald and Roberta Feel Frease Sr., and has been a life-long area resident.

Carl Gehringer Jr. had spent nearly four months on a Phase 1 clinical trial at UH Seidman Cancer Center , taking a combination of a study drug with chemotherapy for cancer patients with liver or kidney dysfunction, when he started complaining about feeling ill.

One thing U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he doesn't like seeing in Ohio is out-of-state license plates on the vehicles of natural gas and oil workers.

A graduate of Fairfield School, Arthur attended Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas for a year before returning to the area.

"This is why we're all here," Natali, of Boardman, said Thursday while standing with several other members of the group Friends of the Mahoning River.

Currently, Poland, Canfield, Howland, Hubbard, Struthers, Niles, Beaver Local and Austintown Fitch are in the top tier, better known as the American Division.