Mahoning County News

A 16-year-old is being held in the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center -- charged with raping a 6-year-old girl.

It's a beetle invasion! No-- not the British Beatles, but Japanese Beetles. Wreaking havoc on lawns, plants and gardens here in the Valley.

The Mahoning County Auditor's office is one of just nine agencies across Northeast Ohio trying to win part of a 300,000 dollar grant -- to pay for a improved county-wide computer network.

A pair of Youngstown homes will remain boarded up for at least two more weeks. City prosecutors say two homes in the 100 block of Tod Lane are the site of frequent drug activity and were shuttered two weeks ago.

In a move to save about 75-thousand dollars a year... Struthers has decided to allow the Mahoning County District Board of Health take over the city's public health services.

Youngstown police have arrested a man for exposing himself in public. A police report says officers found 27-year-old Jerome McGee walking down Mahoning Avenue near West Heights on Saturday, with his hands down his pants.

A Beloit woman was arrested following an investigation into a break-in at a market.

Mahoning County commissioners have issued a response to Probate Judge Mark Belinky's complaint that they were failing to adequately fund Mahoning County Probate Court.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' A judge has ordered a city man to spend the next 12 months on probation for his role in the beating of an Austintown man in Campbell last year.

YOUNGSTOWN a ' A North Lima man who pleaded guilty to multiple charges in a violent confrontation with his estranged wife last fall is going to prison for eight years.

Attorney Brian Kish has filed a civil racketeering influenced corrupt organization, or RICO, lawsuit against Mahoning County Sheriff Randall Wellington, and four appraisers-- Daniel Battisti, Gail Battisti, Geraldine Damico and Richard Jeren.

Two men were killed and three other people injured Thursday night in a two-vehicle accident on state Route 164 north of Renkenberger Road in Beaver Township.

CAMPBELL a ' Police found a submachine gun and a bulletproof vest after searching 108 Monroe St., where they were called to a shooting Tuesday afternoon.

Two hundred-twenty seven million dollars...That's how much money Governor Strickland is proposing to cut from the state's public library fund.

Several churches in Trumbull and Mahoning County have gotten together to offer help to homeless families.

The transition to digital television has left some consumers wondering what to do with their old t-v sets.

Federal funding is being sought to extend the Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail from Lisbon to East Liverpool.

Fitch says it down graded Mahoning county's rating due to the lack of "ongoing disclosure information." At issue are $34 million in Mahoning county bonds dating back to 2000.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings withdraws the 'A' rating with a Negative Rating Outlook on the following Mahoning County, Ohio limited tax general obligation bonds due to a lack of ongoing disclosure information.

For years, Lashell Elsayed tried to find her 13 year old autistic son a daycare center.