Youngstown State University News

People around the country will take time Wednesday to remember our nation's veterans on Veterans Day.

YSU Police gather outside Moser Hall where they discovered a student with a loaded handgun Monday evening.

City administrators want to pay $39,000 to a college senior, with 10 months' experience as an intern in Youngstown's planning department, to develop and implement a plan to "deconstruct" dilapidated houses rather than just demolish them.

Traffic cameras could be in use by the city as soon as early next year to catch speeders near schools - and possibly in other parts of Youngstown in the near future.

Grants awarded to Youngstown State University this year reach record heights. YSU secured 11.7 million dollars in grants for 2009, outshining last year's record-setting total by 72-percent. An awards banquet was held Wednesday to honor those who have worked to obtain the outside funding for research, service and educational projects.

In the spring of 2007, the country watched as a 23-year-old student opened fire on the campus of Virginia Tech.

James Bobovnyk joined the Army and began serving in the Korean War in 1949, when he was 19.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' State Sen. Capri Cafaro of Liberty, D-32nd, said she realizes the value of Ohioa TMs early-college programs, but finding state funding to help support them will be a difficult task.

After $1.2 million in renovations, this entrance to Youngstown State University is no longer Spring Street.

A Youngstown man plead guilty on Wednesday to kidnapping, rape, robbery and murder.

Senators on a committee dealing with pension issues reacted indignantly after hearing testimony from a Delphi Packard Electric salaried retiree about looming steep cuts in their pensions, the group's spokesman said Thursday.

Virginia Marie Hritz Petretich, 60, passed away peacefully at her home with close family at her side late Sunday evening, Oct.

An annual homecoming week tradition at Youngstown State University is back. Ten students gathered Tuesday for the eating contest at the Arby's restaurant in Kilcawley Center.

Dorothy C. Mandrean, 79, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, at Hospice House in Poland.

ROOTSTOWN a ' The incoming president of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy said the institution really values its Youngstown relationship.

Youngstown State University is welcoming students and teachers from across Ohio this weekend.

Jazz takes center stage - or rather center green - this Sunday, Oct. 18 at Tarleton State University's Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center.

Anyone hoping to break out their "Thriller" dance moves this Halloween season will have the chance this weekend.

Joe Motil hasn't met with a lot of success on the campaign trail, but that hasn't stopped him from hitting it again and again and again and again.

Elaine Elizabeth Zaina, 68, a resident of Albuquerque, N. M., since 1984 went home to the Lord on Tuesday, Sept.